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Article: Malignant brain tumor afflicts Sen. Kennedy; Washington laments 'grim' test results.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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Byline: Donald Lambro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a cancerous brain tumor and will undergo treatment to combat the malignancy, his doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said yesterday.
Mr. Kennedy's physicians issued a statement saying "preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure" he suffered Saturday "as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe."
The doctors did not comment directly on Mr. Kennedy's prospects for recovery, but glioma is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths. It is the most common form of brain cancer, accounting for more than half of the more than 18,000 brain tumors ...
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