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Article: Kennedy's prognosis looking bleak
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- A malignant glioma -- the diagnosis doctors gave
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy -- is the worst kind of brain cancer.
Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival
statistics are grim -- few live three years and for the worst
subtype, half die within a year.
The news reverberated across the spectrum of U.S. politics.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was visibly shaken after the Republican
caucus lunch meeting Tuesday, when he learned the news.
"I love him like a brother," Hatch said, wiping tears from his
eyes. "I just feel terrible about hearing this. It's really terrible
news."
Hatch has been e-mailing with Vicki Kennedy, the senator's wife,
since Kennedy suffered a ...
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