Fog Blog John McCain Log:

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN , WHO IN MY ESTIMATION IS U S A s WAR HERO HAS DECIDED TO STOP CANCER TREATMENTS!......The family of Sen. John McCain announced Friday the Arizona Republican is discontinuing medical treatment for an aggressive brain tumor diagnosed a little over a year ago. While the senator has surpassed expectations for his survival, the family said in a statement, “the progress of the disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.” Here is a closer look at what that decision means.How often do patients end medical treatment for glioblastoma?The prognosis for the disease is so poor — the median survival time is just 18 months — that most patients and their families eventually face the difficult decision when to end treatment, said John de Groot, a neuro-oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Centre..