Cancer-battling US Senator John McCain hospitalized
Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):US Senator John McCain, who is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer, was in a military hospital Wednesday to treat “normal side effects” of his therapy, his office said.
The 81-year-old former prisoner of war and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed in July with a brain tumor known as a glioblastoma, after doctors found a blood clot over his left eye during a routine checkup.
McCain underwent surgery at the time in his home state of Arizona, and has been treated with radiation and chemotherapy.
“Senator McCain is currently receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center (in Bethesda, Maryland) for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy,” his office said in a statement.
“As ever, he remains grateful to his physicians for their excellent care, and his friends and supporters for their encouragement and good wishes,” the statement added.
“Senator McCain looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible.”
A day earlier McCain received an MRI scan at the National Institutes of Health, also in Bethesda, his office said.