The tumor is a type of brain cancer that affects about 9000 American adults every year.
Doctors said the usual course of treatment includes radiation and chemotherapy. He is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days.
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Senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, after spending a weekend hospitalized due to seizures. It was initially thought the

By Globe Staff US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the veteran lawmaker from Massachusetts who is the last surviving brother in the legendary Kennedy family,

BOSTON (AP) - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures.
"He remains in good spirits and full of energy," the doctors for the 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement.
nd walking around the hospital," said the statement by Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's primary care physician.

by findingDulcinea Staff Doctors said on Tuesday that Masachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s recent seizure was caused by a malignant glioma.

Tests after Senator Edward Kennedy's seizure this past Saturday revealed that the Senator has a Malignant form of Brain Tumor.
Putting politics aside and whatever you think about the car accident involving the young woman many years ago, this is very sad. A lot of loss in the Kennedy family and a lot of heartache through the years.
provide treatment to Senator Kennedy "Kennedy "remains in good overall condition and is up and walking around the hospital," the statement said. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure," reports CNN.

By GLEN JOHNSON, AP Writer 16 minutes ago BOSTON - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics‘ most enduring figures.
They said tests conducted after the seizure showed a tumor in Kennedy‘s left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma, they said.
ghter, and if anyone can get through something as challenging as this, it would be his father. So he‘s optimistic, he‘s hopeful, but obviously he‘s concerned."

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy , D-Mass., hospitalized Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home on Cape Cod, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
Kennedy, 76, has been undergoing tests at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston since he suffered the seizure May 17.
in the left parietal lobe. The usual course of treatment includes combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy,” the statement said.

By Brian K. Sullivan May 20 (Bloomberg) - Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, one of the nation's most influential lawmakers, has a malignant brain tumor.
Tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure over the weekend show the 76-year-old Democrat has a tumor in his left parietal lobe, according to a statement from his doctors. Treatment, which usually entails combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, will be determined following more testing, they said.
remendous courage, remarkable strength, and powerful spirit. Our thoughts are with Senator Kennedy and his family during this difficult period.''

By J. Taylor Rushing and Emily Goodin There was an outpouring of support and prayers for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) after it was revealed Tuesday that he

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat who outlived two assassinated brothers to become an elder statesman, has a brain tumor known as a glioma, his doctors said on Tuesday.
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy worked on his remarks before a patients' bill of rights rally outside the Capitol in 2001. By JOHN SULLIVAN Edward M. Kennedy, 76,

Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy - has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor Tuesday after being hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family's compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts. During his stay, doctors diagnosed him with a malignant tumor in his left parietal lobe on the left side of his brain.
ronic back pain from injuries suffered in a plane crash in 1964.

Sen. Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant glioma. Here's the National Cancer Institute's explanation of the tumor:
Malignant gliomas are the most common primary brain tumor, accounting for more than half of the more than 18,000 primary malignant brain tumors diagnosed each year in the United States. These tumors are the second-most common cause of cancer death in the 15 to 44 age group.
brain tumors and is usually followed by radiation therapy. Several studies have shown that adding chemotherapy to radiation can improve patients' survival. In June 2004, after the completion of the current study, researchers announced that adding the drug temozolomide (Temodar®)

AP BOSTON–A cancerous brain tumour caused the seizure that Senator Edward Kennedy suffered on the weekend, doctors said today in a grim diagnosis for one of

By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a longtime Massachusetts Democrat and an elder statesman of the party, has a malignant brain tumor, his office said Tuesday.
Kennedy's doctors said tests conducted after Kennedy had a seizure over the weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe.
has the second-longest tenure of any senator. He is the chairman of the Senate Health, Education and Labor and Pensions Committee. He was elected in 1962 to finish out the term of his brother after John F. Kennedy ascended to the White House. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1980 against President Jimmy Carter.

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff (Boston, Massachusetts) Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy remains in hospital, awaiting test results that could explain why