Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's treatment for throat cancer has been successful, doctors say.
A hospital statement said tests showed the "absence of a visible tumour".
Lula, 66, was diagnosed with the cancer in October last year and given chemotherapy and later radiotherapy.
The former president stepped down with record approval ratings at the end of 2010, after two terms in office.
"Nuclear magnetic resonance and laryngoscopy exams show the absence of any visible tumor," the hospital statement said.
It added that the former president would continue speech therapy, and that his progress would be monitored further.
AFP quoted Jose Chrispiniano, a spokesman for Lula's foundation, the Citizenry Institute, as saying that the cancer was "in complete remission".
Lula completed three cycles of chemotherapy in December last year, before beginning radiotherapy.
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