Ben Sasse, ex-Republican senator, says he has terminal pancreatic cancer

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Source: theguardian.com
Ben Sasse, ex-Republican senator, says he has terminal pancreatic cancer

Sasse, who is 53 and voted to impeach Trump, says he has ‘metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer’

Ben Sasse announced on Tuesday that he has terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer. The former Republican senator revealed his diagnosis in a post on X, calling it a “death sentence”.

“Friends - This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die,” he wrote.

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