US Republican Senator John McCain will no longer be continuing treatment for his brain cancer, his family has announced. His family said he had "surpassed expectations for his survival" and made the choice to end his treatment.
Mr McCain, 81, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain tumour last summer and had been undergoing treatment since July 2017.He left Washington in December, but has remained a vocal political figure.He has, at times, been a fierce critic of President Donald Trump.
His family said in a statement shared with US media: "Last year, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious."
"In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease
and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.""With his usual strength of will, he has chosen to discontinue medical treatment."
The six-term senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed after doctors discovered his tumour during surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye last July.
The son and grandson of Navy admirals, Mr McCain was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. When his plane was shot down, he spent more than five years as a prisoner of war.
While in the custody of his captors, he was tortured and suffered numerous injuries that left him with lingering disabilities.
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Oluwatoyin Obanla
When he first came public with the disease, Obama tweeted that "Maccain is one of the bravest person he has met in his life and that cancer does not know who it is up against with"
Endy Edeson
@Obanla; This shows that nature is greater than science. Despite the advancement in technology, still, many health problems seems incurable
Kingsley Obiegbu
So obvious he now see shadow of death haunting. What a painful experience to be, feeling the hand of death crippling closer...
