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Could McCain die in office? It's possible, expert says
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 23, 2008 08:29pm |
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| News Date | Friday, October 24, 2008 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican presidential candidate John McCain has maintained that his age and his skin cancer history will not affect his ability to fulfill his duties should he win the U.S. election on November 4.
But in a commentary published in this week's edition of the medical journal The Lancet, Dr. John Alam says McCain would only have a one in four chance of surviving 10 years after his melanoma diagnosis based on a common prognostic model.
McCain was diagnosed with melanoma more than eight year ago, in August 2000.
"Long-term risk of recurrence and mortality due to melanoma is potentially an important factor in the U.S. presidential race" because of McCain's age and health concerns, said Alam.
Experts have debated McCain's fitness to be president, and many pundits worry that his vice presidential running mate, the much-maligned Sarah Palin, will be left running the free world if McCain dies in office.
In his commentary Alam, a former Massachusetts physician and current consultant to the biotechnology industry, assesses McCain's battle with skin cancer.
Alam found several factors that would considerably elevate McCain's risk of death from the disease. |
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