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Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

Posted May 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Sen. Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, CNN reports. The 76-year-old senator has a glioma, the most common brain cancer in adults. Kennedy will spend at least 2 more days at the Boston hospital where he's been undergoing extensive tests since suffering two seizures Saturday at his Cape Cod home.

"Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," Kennedy's doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement. "The usual course of treatment includes combinations of various forms of radiation and chemotherapy."

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In this May 8, 2008, photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens during a hearing in Washington. Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston Saturday and diagnosed with a brain tumor today.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 7, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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