Troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from the mayor's race, following reports this week that he had been diagnosed with a tumour in his abdomen.
Mr Ford, who gained global notoriety after admitting using crack in a "drunken stupor", checked in on Wednesday to a Toronto hospital complaining of abdominal pains.
The 45-year-old - who is currently undergoing medical tests, with biopsy results expected in a week - will stand instead for his old council seat.
Even as he dropped out of the mayoral race, his older brother, Councillor Doug Ford, picked up the "Ford Nation" banner and filed papers on Friday to run in his place.
"He is in for the fight of his life," Doug Ford, who was campaign manager for his brother, said of him on Friday in an interview with the Toronto Sun newspaper.
Rob Ford had been campaigning energetically ahead of the October 27 vote.
He acknowledged last November - after months of denial - that he had smoked crack cocaine, and said he had driven after drinking.
He also admitted using "every drug you can probably think of".
Mr Ford entered a rehabilitation facility in May, and returned to work the following month.
His father died of colon cancer in 2006.
Two other main candidates are still in the mayoral race.
John Tory, a conservative businessman, has forged a lead, while left-leaning Olivia Chow was a distant third.
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