John McCain Was Diagnosed With A Glioblastoma, Among The Deadliest Of Cancers
About 12,000 people are diagnosed with a glioblastoma each year in the U.S. Fewer than a third of them will survive beyond two years.
by Jon Hamilton
Jul 20, 2017
2 minutes
Doctors use words like "aggressive" and "highly malignant" to describe the type of brain cancer discovered in Arizona Sen. John McCain.
The cancer is a glioblastoma, the Mayo Clinic said in a statement Wednesday. It was diagnosed after doctors surgically removed a blood clot from above McCain's left eye.
Doctors who were not involved
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