{"id":403241,"date":"2017-07-20T06:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/20\/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T06:55:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T06:55:39","slug":"john-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/20\/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, his office says.<\/p>\n

His treatment may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation, it adds. The 80-year-old politician was in \u201cgood spirits\u201d recovering at home in Arizona.<\/p>\n

The tumour was discovered during a surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye last week.<\/p>\n

A Vietnam veteran, Mr McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war.<\/p>\n

The six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee underwent surgery at a clinic in Phoenix last Friday.<\/p>\n

Tissue analysis revealed that a primary brain tumour known as a glioblastoma was associated with the clot, a statement from the Mayo Clinic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe senator\u2019s doctors say he is recovering from his surgery \u2018amazingly well\u2019 and his underlying health is excellent,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Mr McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, was in \u201cgood spirits as he continues to recover at home with his family\u201d, his office said.<\/p>\n

His family reacted with \u201cshock\u201d when hearing the news, his 32-year-old daughter Meghan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t surprise you to learn that in all of this, the one of us who is most confident and calm is my father,\u201d\u00a0she said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he is meeting this challenge as he has every other. Cancer may afflict him in many ways: but it will not make him surrender. Nothing ever has.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump said Mr McCain has \u201calways been a fighter\u201d and,\u00a0in a statement,\u00a0said: \u201cGet well soon\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Mr McCain was a \u201chero to our country\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has never shied from a fight, and I know that he will face this challenge with the same extraordinary courage that has characterized his life,\u201d\u00a0he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n