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John McCain calls brain cancer prognosis 'very poor'
AP via WPXI ^ | September 25, 2017

Posted on 09/25/2017 6:43:02 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. John McCain says doctors have given him a "very poor prognosis" as he battles brain cancer.

McCain underwent surgery in July for a brain tumor that was later found to be a form of glioblastoma, the same type of cancer that took the life of his former Senate colleague Edward M. Kennedy in 2009. McCain tells CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday night that he thinks about Kennedy a lot. He says Kennedy continued to work despite the diagnosis and "never gave up because he loved the engagement."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; cancer; elderly; mccain; mccainbraincancer; prognosis
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To: chris37

At least there is some good news on this Monday.


121 posted on 09/25/2017 1:20:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: chris37

Well said. If McCain had any regard for the country or his constituents, he would leave office now. He is an arrogant jerk and insists on inflicting us with his presence to the bitter end.


122 posted on 09/25/2017 5:47:52 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: Mr. K

“So who is lining up to replace this RINO?”

His daughter.


123 posted on 09/25/2017 5:49:20 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; wardaddy

A friend of mine developed a glioblastoma. First sign, around Christmas, looked like stroke. It was inoperable and she died within six months.


124 posted on 09/25/2017 7:25:57 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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