Barack Obama called Ted Kennedy, who endorsed and campaigned for him this year, “a master of the Senate” in an interview Tuesday. – AP
Barack Obama called Ted Kennedy, who endorsed and campaigned for him this year, “a master of the Senate” in an interview Tuesday. – AP

By Jonathan Bor | Sun reporter Edward Kennedy, the US Senate's second longest-serving member and one of the most powerful political figures of the past half

BOSTON (CBS) - Doctors are weighing options for treating Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor. His diagnosis prompted prayers and a show of support from both side of the political aisle.
Not long after his wife and son arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital, Kennedy was told he had a malignant brain tumor.
or the battles he fought in the past for voting rights and civil rights," Sen. Obama said.

(Latoyia Edwards, NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Senator Ted Kennedy will stay in the hospital for a few more days as doctors map out treatment for a malignant

By Robert Miller Staff Writer AP Sen. Edward Kennedy The first line of defense in treating cancer is surgery. In brain cancer, that's not an option.

By Marie Szaniszlo He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor when he was 21 months old and given six months to live. “I would tell him not to give up,”

BOSTON (AP) - The grim diagnosis that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has an almost certainly fatal brain tumor was "a real curveball" that left his family stunned even as he joked and laughed with them, his wife told her friends.
In her first public comments on her husband's diagnosis, Vicki Kennedy expressed pride in how well her husband of 15 years was handling the news.
ttled on a treatment plan.

BOSTON (AP) - Ted Kennedy's wife, Vicki, says the diagnosis that the Massachusetts senator has a cancerous brain tumor has pitched the family "a real curveball."
But in an e-mail to friends, she says "this is only the first inning."
them all with "his calm approach to getting the best information possible." She says he's even been pushing to take part in a Cape Cod sailing race this weekend.

(05-20) 17:58 PDT -- Doctors are not mincing words about the kind of brain tumor diagnosed in Sen. Edward Kennedy. "Cure is out of the question," said Dr.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is visited by family members in Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital. From left are son Rep. Patrick Kennedy, stepson Curran

The media gathered outside Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday where Senator Edward M. Kennedy is being treated. The media gathered outside Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday where Senator Edward M. Kennedy is being treated. (Jodi Hilton/Getty Images)
released few details yesterday about his condition, but cancer specialists in Boston and around the country said that people with his type of tumor live on average less than three years after the diagnosis. Some can live years longer, some less. There is no cure.
cure, can reduce symptoms.

By Jeremy Manier | Tribune reporter Despite the generally discouraging medical outlook for patients like Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.

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By Laura Litvan and Brian Faler May 21 (Bloomberg) - Senator Edward Kennedy's brain cancer will, for now, deprive Democrats of one of their strongest legislative leaders and presidential candidate Barack Obama of his most iconic supporter.
Legislation granting new union rights to police and firefighters that Kennedy was shepherding through Congress stalled this week and a measure to reauthorize higher-education programs also will be put off at least until after the Memorial Day recess, Senate aides and analysts said.
chusetts senator has a malignant brain tumor, probably requiring radiation and chemotherapy. The 76-year-old lawmaker hasn't said if he plans to complete his ninth term.