Article: Kennedy's prognosis looking bleak

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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