and despite that, you know been prognosis across the board, with everybody, survival is around 14 to 14 1/2 months. and the fact that he has done so well with the previous cancer does sort of increase his chances, but again, we shouldn t sugar coat it as you point out, jake. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much. it the special council investigating ties to russia likely to look into the trump family finances? what we know about the investigation, next. so nice, so nice. sweet, sweet st. thomas nice. so nice, so nice. st. croix full of pure vibes.
you know, numbers and data and stats are something doctors are reluctant to talk about because every patient is different, john. you just talked about different patients. but if you do look at literature, which you ll see median survival, about 14 1/2 months, about 10% of patients survive five years or more and all of that is with additional treatment. so in addition to the operation, now i ll tell you talking to doctors yesterday, they believe they were able to remove all the tumor, postoperative scan did not show evidence of tumor still there. after that operation, you still have to assume, though, there s microscopic bit of tumor there and, therefore, additional therapy in the form of chemotherapy and radiation. typically this is what happens. there s a few weeks between the operation and that therapy starting because you want to let the patient in this case senator mccain recover, and heal from his incisions, for example before starting that. my guess, talking to doctors,
spreading to his brain. this was a surprise. now, they are basically in discussions of what to do next, how to proceed. this is about as serious as z it gets. what are the options the mccain family is kweighing right now? this is an aggressive brain cancer. you know, if you look at the literature, kate, the data, the stats, which everyone is reluctant to do because everyone is different. if you look at the average or median survivals around 14-14 1/2 months. 10% of the people who have this live five years or more. he has shown he is able to fight and overcome cancer in the past. but the options to your question, now that he s had the operation are really around chemotherapy and radiation, basically what we call additional therapies. the indications are he is going to proceed with that. you need to wait a little bit of
make laws. i love trials. trials are fascinating. even what happened on ft. lauderdale the other day, i mean, that involves the law. yes, we are going to do that and basically i d like to do sports, too. sports, especially if the packers are winning. let me ask you, how long were you over at fox? 14 1/2 years. my gosh. wow. is it weird not being there? obviously, there is a culture there and there are a lot of friendships and it s a tight culture for a lot of people over there. what has the transition been like? has it been weird walking into a studio that is not a fox studio? well, yes, of course, it s weird. i was there 14 1/2 years and i have a lot of good friends there. you and mika do too. i was out of the building for three or four months. the msnbc studios are in the same building so i show up for rehearsals and now i m a guest because i hadn t gotten my nbc credentials, msnbc credentials so i m on a different floor. instead of pressing one number
and that s something that unless you know him personally, people don t always see in the news, but he is the most incredibly thoughtful person. and you see that in how he treats me, our girls and his mother. as a mom you have to have great concern for the state of our nation right now. when you see your husband willing to step up and potentially step in as he hopes in the white house, what are your why do you believe he is the one to actually keep not just your family safe but all families out there right now with young kids and grown kids who want better than the generations to come? well, ted will put america s interests first and our safety first. and i know that. and there are a couple very key reasons why i think we need ted as our president. ted and i think that this election is going to come down to trust. who can the american people trust? to keep us safe? to put our interests first? to improve our economy? and i can tell you as his wife for 14 1/2 years, you can trust te