麥凱恩參議員被診斷患有腦癌

U.S. Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix said Wednesday.

A malignant tumor was discovered after the Republican senator from Arizona, who is 80, underwent a surgical procedure last week to remove a 5-centimeter blood clot behind his left eye.

"Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot," the hospital said.

"The senator’s doctors say he is recovering from his surgery ‘amazingly well’ and his underlying health is excellent," a statement from McCain's office said. "Further consultations with the Mayo Clinic care team will indicate when he will return to the United States Senate."

McCain, a Vietnam war hero who has been in the Senate for more than 30 years, and his family are said to be considering options for further treatment, which most often include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation.

"It won't surprise you to learn that in all this, the one of us who is most confident and calm is my father," McCain's daughter, Meghan, said. "He is the toughest person I know."

He has survived multiple health crises in the past, including melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer - and a variety of problems caused by his incarceration in Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camps from 1967-73.

At the White House, President Donald Trump said: "Senator John McCain has always been a fighter. Melania and I send our thoughts and prayers to Senator McCain, [his wife] Cindy and their entire family. Get well soon."

Former President Barack Obama, who won office by defeating McCain in the 2008 election, offered his support in a Twitter message: "John McCain is an American hero & one of the bravest fighters I've ever known. Cancer doesn't know what it's up against. Give it hell, John."

McCain was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. His absence from Washington this week had forced McConnell to delay planned action on health-care legislation.

Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive cancer that forms tumors in the brain and spinal cord, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. The same form of cancer was a prime cause of the death in 2009 of Senator Ted Kennedy, a brother of the assassinated former U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

The American Cancer Society estimates that people who develop glioblastoma after the age of 55 have a five-year survival rate of four percent.美國亞利桑那州鳳凰城的梅奧醫院星期三說，美國聯邦參議員約翰·麥凱恩被診斷出患有腦癌。

80歲的麥凱恩參議員上星期做手術摘除了左眼上方一個5釐米大小的血栓後發現了惡性腫瘤。

梅奧醫院說，隨後的組織病理學分析發現了與血栓有關的惡性膠質瘤。

麥凱恩辦公室發表聲明說：“麥凱恩參議員的醫生說，他術後恢復極好，整體健康狀況不錯。跟梅奧醫療小組協商後，將決定他何時能重返參議院。”

麥凱恩是越戰英雄，擔任聯邦參議員已經有30多年。他的家人據說正在考慮是否要讓他接受進一步治療，通常會包括化療和放射性治療。

麥凱恩的女兒梅根說，“也許並不令大家驚訝的是，在整個過程中，我們當中最有信心，最鎮定的人是我父親。他是我認識的人當中最堅強的。”

麥凱恩參議員過去也出現過一些嚴重的健康危機，其中包括黑色素瘤這一最危險的皮膚癌，以及他1967年到1973年作爲越戰戰俘被關押期間遺留下來的一系列健康問題。

美國總統川普在白宮說：“麥凱恩參議員始終是一位鬥士。梅拉尼亞和我向麥凱恩參議員及其夫人辛迪和他所有家人送去我們的問候和祈禱。希望他儘快康復。”

美國前總統奧巴馬也通過推特傳達了他的支持。奧巴馬寫道：“約翰·麥凱恩是美國英雄，是我知道的最勇敢的鬥士。癌症不知道自己面對的是誰。約翰，給它點厲害嚐嚐！”

麥凱恩1986年當選美國聯邦參議員，曾在2008年代表共和黨競選總統，輸給了奧巴馬。他這個星期不在華盛頓，使參議院多數黨領袖麥康奈爾不得不推遲了原計劃有關醫保議案的行動。

美國腦部腫瘤協會的介紹顯示，惡性膠質瘤是一種發展速度很快的癌症，在腦部和脊椎形成腫瘤，前參議員愛德華·肯尼迪2009年就是死於這種癌症。

美國癌症協會估計，55歲以上出現惡性膠質瘤的人的五年存活率只有4%。