Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, has a strong heart and is in otherwise general good health, according to according to 1,173 pages of medical documents spanning 2000 to 2008.
His presidential campaign made the records available to The Associated Press to make the case that McCain is healthy enough to serve as president, even though he will turn 72 in August and would be the oldest elected first-term president.
McCain's most recent exams show he frequently has precancerous skin lesions removed, and in February had an early stage squamous cell carcinoma, an easily cured skin cancer, removed. He had benign colon growths called polyps taken out during a routine colonoscopy in March.
During his first presidential run eight years ago, McCain disclosed hundreds of pages of records to reporters. In those records, medical personnel concluded that his years in prison, including solitary confinement, left him with no psychological wounds. Aides said McCain has had no mental evaluations in the past eight years and none was included in the documents.
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