McCain has a brain cancer

A glyoblastoma was discovered in the senator -republican from Arizona John McCain - one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, which can quickly spread to its different areas. It is reported by Reuters.

The diagnosis was made according to the results of a biopsy of a blood clot, which was formed in an 80 -year -old McCain over the left eye and on Friday was removed by the surgeons of the hospital in Phoenix - the capital of Arizona.

According to doctors, the well -being of McCain, already prescribed home, is not bad with its diagnosis. Now the politician is preparing to undergo a combined course of chemo- and radiotherapy. As his daughter Megan McCain said, he holds "as confident and calm as possible."

McCain is not the first to diagnose cancer. Since 2000, he was removed at least three times with melanoma - one of the forms of skin cancer. However, the glioblastoma, according to doctors, is actually not to be treated and forecast for patients with such a diagnosis in 100 percent of cases is unfavorable.

US President Donald Trump issued an official statement in which he wished McCain a speedy recovery. Ex-President Barack Obama, who was the rival of McCain in the 2008 election, also responded to the news. “Cancer does not know who he is opposed to. Wash the heat, John,” he wrote. Also, the word of support was expressed by the former presidential candidate from the Democrats Hillary Clinton.

McCain is a former naval pilot; His grandfather and father were four -star admirals. In 1967-1973 he was captured in Vietnam. In 1983-1987, a member of the House of Representatives from Arizona; Since 1987 - Senator. Since 2015, he has been headed by the Committee of the Upper Chamber on Armed Forces.

Senator is a sharp and consistent critic of the regime of Vladimir Putin. In particular, he advocated tough sanctions against Russia and for the provision of deaths to Ukraine. At the end of May, McCain said that Putin is a more serious threat than the Islamic State .