The McCain prognostications may be overly pessimistic

So while he is doing this Arizona just makes do with no representation from that seat?

His age is the problem as far as percentages go.

Maybe 80yos are less likely to make it.

Spoke to a doctor today, McCain could live up to 5-6 years if they don't have surgery. He could have some good years until the end.

Problem is once you have surgery to remove this tumor it usually spreads. I believe McCain had surgery on a brain tumor some years ago? Is this recurring, anyone know?

My dad was given 90 days initially with lung cancer. Made it nearly 2 years. Another guy I knew had the same cancer as my dad during that time. Went into the hospital thinking he was having a stroke and never came out. Died like 12 days later. Point is that the statistics are simply an estimate that includes best and worst cases but no one knows.

30% five year survival rate is still bad. He will have no quality of life if at his age if he somehow made it that long.

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My dad was given 90 days initially with lung cancer. Made it nearly 2 years.

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Well I'm glad you got almost 2 extra years with him than expected, although that's obviously never enough.

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Point is that the statistics are simply an estimate that includes best and worst cases but no one knows.

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Yeah. It's just the expected value (median in this case) of any given case. Obviously these values have variance, and there are many factors to consider. So these things should be considered anything but a tentative estimate, and beyond that it would actually be fallacious reasoning (Ecological Fallacy).

Hopefully he dies quickly.

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Hopefully he dies quickly.

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Couldn't we hope he lives, but gets out of politics as a result? Wouldn't that be a win-win?

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Hopefully he dies quickly.

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I take that as a humane gesture. Cancer can be a slow painful death as we all know for him and his family.