**FILE**Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., takes part in a Capitol Hill news conference, Wednesday, June 21,2006. Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has brain tumor; condition discovered after he had seizure. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Sen. Kennedy has malignant brain tumor |
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Glen Johnson - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BOSTON -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma, they said.
His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.
The 76-year-old senator has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted from Cape Cod after a seizure at his home.
His wife and children have been with him each day but have made no public statements.
His doctors said in a statement released to The Associated Press that he has had no further seizures, is in good spirits and is resting comfortably.
Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year -- and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types -- such as glioblastomas -- or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
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| Cooter
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May 21 2008 15:12:05
utocoman wrote:
Bigot. The voters of Mass. liked him well enough to give him 46 years in the senate. I am sure they are saddened. He is the 2nd longest term senator. Now if you want to present any factual info about your accusations I am all ears!....waiting....still waiting.....I thought so!
Everyone who disagrees with you is a bogot. Is that it? U.S. Citizens elected W Bush and I'm sure you'd love it if something happened to him. You liberals truly have mental disorders. You are two-faced. All you guys do is double talk. Kennedy will burn in hell.
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| Cooter
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May 21 2008 15:14:54
woody wrote:
Cooter wrote:
ThomasK wrote:
I'm very sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with Mr Kennedy and his family.
Sorry to hear this? Kennedy is a drunk driving dirt bag. This is the best news I've heard in a long time. I do not wish cancer on anybody, I'm just gald it will get this evil man out of the senate.
What comes around, goes around "cooter". If you get any funny pains, beware it might have made its way around to you. Wishing someones death is as low as the baby killing liberals with abortion...
Wrong. People die when its their time. I don't wish death and sickness on Kennedy or anyone else for that matter. I wish to have Kennedy removed from the U.S. Senate nothing more.
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| gaystaterefugee
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May 21 2008 18:26:11
Everybody Loves Raymond wrote:
Time for Romney to get back to Mass and get ready for the coming special election. He can take this seat. He almost upset Teddy back in the 1990s. This seat is ready to be a pick up for the GOP.
He already lives there. In Arlington, not far from the LDS Church that had a "heck" of a time getting approval for the "extremely tall" spire when it was under construction a few years back. They had to settle for a "shorter" one. I think it was because it was considered to be a hazard to the local flight patterns at Logan International and the Boston Arch Diocese but I may be wrong. It was not a good time to be noticed or elected if you where LDS. Trouble is, it STILL isn't. A Republican will NEVER get "The Swimmer's" senate seat. EVER!
Why? It is Massachusetts. Nuff Said?
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| The Keeper
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May 21 2008 18:37:51
gaystaterefugee wrote:
Everybody Loves Raymond wrote:
Time for Romney to get back to Mass and get ready for the coming special election. He can take this seat. He almost upset Teddy back in the 1990s. This seat is ready to be a pick up for the GOP.
He already lives there. In Arlington, not far from the LDS Church that had a "heck" of a time getting approval for the "extremely tall" spire when it was under construction a few years back. They had to settle for a "shorter" one. I think it was because it was considered to be a hazard to the local flight patterns at Logan International and the Boston Arch Diocese but I may be wrong. It was not a good time to be noticed or elected if you where LDS. Trouble is, it STILL isn't. A Republican will NEVER get "The Swimmer's" senate seat. EVER!
Why? It is Massachusetts. Nuff Said?
That's "The Swimmer with a target on his back".
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| iceman
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May 21 2008 20:51:08
Man...when Mary Jo Kopechne get her hands on ol Ted...it will be ugly!
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