Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor on Tuesday after he suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home.
The 76-year-old Democrat is hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital. Preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe.
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by Michele Norris, Brian Naylor and Richard Knox All Things Considered, May 20, 2008 · In his eight full term, Ted Kennedy is the third longest serving

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy and the elder statesman of American liberal politics, has a malignant brain tumor, his doctors said on Tuesday.
Kennedy, 76, who has been hospitalized in Boston since he had a seizure on Saturday, will likely need chemotherapy and radiation therapy to treat the glioma, a type of tumor that usually kills within three years.
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Tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Kennedy will remain in the hospital for the next couple of days, but doctors say he is in "good spirits and full of energy."
Sen. Kennedy's tumor prognosis is weakened by age
ical Center in Los Angeles. Two years after diagnosis, about 8% of patients are still alive. "Age is a very strong predictor of prognosis," Black said, and because Kennedy is 76, his outlook is not as good as that of someone who is younger.

By Charlie Brett The doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced today that Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.

(NECN: Alison King, Boston, Mass.) - The news of Senator Ted Kennedy is being felt throughout the political community. The Democrat was diagnosed with brain

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, 76, has a brain tumor. Preliminary results of a biopsy show it's a brain cancer called a malignant

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I've been listening to Browne's music these past few days and I thought of that line today, after the news that Sen. Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.
alignant gliomas -- is the most common primary brain tumor. What's troubling is that the hospital made no mention of any surgery as an option. We don't know if that's because of the location of the tumor or whether the tumor is indeed inoperable. But in either case, surgery would be the preferred first option. Get rid of the tumor. Then have radiation and chemotherapy.

By Ben Wasserman TUESDAY May 20, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) - Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant glioma (brain cancer) in the left parietal lobe, which is considered potentially very dangerous, his doctors said on Tuesday.
The diagnosis came after a seizure the 76-year old Senator suffered on Saturday in his family's Cape Cod vacation compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. Kennedy was flown by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday morning for treatment.
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The “malignant glioma” will have to be treated with radiation and/or chemotherapy and surgery. In a statement released from his office, Dr. Lee Schwamm says

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

By Jessica Ryen Doyle A biopsy revealed that Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, has a malignant glioma on his left parietal lobe, said doctors at Massachusetts

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.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, 76, was diagnosed with an cancerous brain tumor after suffering a seizure. The senator’s doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said that preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe. Read on for more information:
What is a glioma?
n the morning, may get worse with coughing or exercise or a change in position, such as kneeling.

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.
Here are a few facts about gliomas:
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who was hospitalized in Boston Saturday after suffering a seizure, has a malignant brain tumor, according to a preliminary diagnosis released today by physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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the tumor into the brain. Superficial lesions are usually easier to access and remove surgically. Nevertheless, today's technology may allow the surgeon to remove the tumor located in deeper parts of the brain. Stents are usually utilized for vascular pathology. Therefore, treatment of such disease does not require placement of a stent.

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."

(CNN) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy has the most common type of brain tumor, but the size and nature of the tumor will determine how life threatening it is,

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.
rain 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®)