On the Campaign Trail, Few Mentions of McCain’s Bout With Melanoma

nyslimes ^ | 03/09/08 | LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.

[richardtavor]

Actually, that protusion was from a rifle butt...but the NYT is trying to paint their own picture..a##holes.

[isrul]

Both are oncologically challenged. It's as legitimate issue as any, I suppose. If he (McCqin) still has it.

[maine-iac7]

they can metastasize or recur after 7 years. new ones can also develop.

I am too painfully aware of what cancer CAN do -=

but as I said, anyone can also get hit by a bus tomorrow. No candidate has a guarantee of good health and no accidents...(esp, if enemies of certain 'cartels')

[Dahoser]

How many times did the MSM show Bob Dole falling off that stage? Because that how many times we’re going to hear about McCain’s melanoma.

[nukecheese]

Has any one seen the bulge at rthe base of LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.’s spine.

That’s McCain’s foot.

[FreeAtlanta]

How about BHO’s purple or blue lips as a possible sign of oxygen deprivation through clogged arteries? How about his admitted use of cocaine? How about Hillary’s obvious mental issues and the obvious plastic surgery shes had?

[KarlInOhio]

It looks like it's one new hit per week. Two weeks ago it was "McCain was too close to Vicki Iseman, a lobbyist". Last week it was "McCain born in the Panama Canal Zone so he might not be eligible to be president". Now its "McCain is likely a walking tumor". What will it be before the end of the campaign? "McCain ate fellow POW in Vietnam"?

[org.whodat]

Actually, that protusion was from a rifle butt

The site here has picture pre his cancer, please don't make stuff up!http://www.gwu.edu/~action/mccapho.html

[KarinG1]

His cheek looks like that because of melanoma? My friends and I thought he had a dip in there. If this gets out it could definitely cost him some votes in East Texas.

[Finalapproach29er]

What a corrupt paper.

[JohnBovenmyer]

This provides more detail than I knew on McCain's melanomas and I've been trying to follow that subject since 2000. I somehow missed he'd had a fourth one in 2002. His swelling is lymphedema as a consequence of all they removed. Don't be surprised if he has more skin cancers, not necessarily melanomas, in the future, which oddly would make him more presidential. IIRC every President from Clinton back at least through Nixon has had skin cancers treated while in office. Clinton's came in his final months. Bush 43 hasn't had one yet, just 'precancerous' actinic keratoses to the best of my knowledge. I may not be able to find many reasons to be enthusiastic about a President McCain, but he would make an excellent example for educating my Dermatology patients about the dangers of sun exposure.

Ignoring the obvious political angle for a moment, this is a medically informative piece on a significant celebrity. Someone I expect to see a similar write-up on his spouse's medical history in the same pages within the next few months. Can I expect to see the same kind of write-ups there on Obama and his spouse, on Hillary and hers?

[richardtavor]

I am aware of his cancer, but I am not making it up. If you look at pictures of him 20 years ago, it was protruded. he publicly stated that one of the tortures he endured was a rifle butt to the face—maybe that caused some of his problems.

[org.whodat]

The current problem is from his cancer, the operation was behind the big swollen part,