# John McCain diagnosed with glioblastoma brain tumor

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-glioblastoma-brain-tumor/791687 "2017-07-20T01:03:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-glioblastoma-brain-tumor/791687/41 "2018-08-24T15:32:30Z")

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[And he’s decided to end treatment](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-john-mccain-battling-brain-cancer-is-discontinuing-medical-treatment/2018/08/24/bfd2ca3e-a7af-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.1e819c230854).

My FIL had the same type of tumor. Held on about a week after he decided to end treatment.

Godspeed, Senator.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-glioblastoma-brain-tumor/791687/42 "2018-08-24T16:06:52Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> [And he’s decided to end treatment](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-john-mccain-battling-brain-cancer-is-discontinuing-medical-treatment/2018/08/24/bfd2ca3e-a7af-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.1e819c230854).
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> My FIL had the same type of tumor. Held on about a week after he decided to end treatment.
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> Godspeed, Senator.

I just saw this, too. ☹ He survived longer than most. You can’t blame him for wanting to stop treatment. [Ted Kennedy](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/john-mccain-edward-kennedy-senate-cancer-parallels.html) survived 18 months.

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**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-glioblastoma-brain-tumor/791687/43 "2018-08-25T15:07:25Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I believe they only got most of the tumor. From what I read, it’s the same type Ted Kennedy had. Ted lived for a while with it, but the outlook is not good.

that was what I was thinking…is it spreading…look how many celebrities in Hollywood die of the same thing like pancreatic cancer, Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze, Donna Reed, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, list goes on…something in the water?

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**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-diagnosed-with-glioblastoma-brain-tumor/791687/44 "2018-08-25T15:11:00Z")

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Does Mr Trump actually do his own twits? Maybe this time a person who knows nothing about diplomacy wrote the “get well soon” crap or did someone get it on tape?

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