This is truly distressing news:
U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday.
Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family’s compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
"Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," according to a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital.
Malignant glioma is the most common primary brain tumor, accounting for more than half of the 18,000 primary malignant brain tumors diagnosed each year in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute.
A tumor in that area of the brain could affect Kennedy’s ability to speak and understand speech, as well as the strength on the right side of his body, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta said.
I don’t have a good feeling Mash. Just saw the TV footage of Sen Kennedy coming out of the hospital. He was limping. GBM is a horrible horrible disease.
Rumi, I saw the video of him coming out of the hospital. It was still good to see him walking. He is in the fight of his life though. I have been too saddened to even look up the survival rates on the ACS web site. I wish him peace and good days ahead.
I don’t know anything about the disease beyond what I’ve been reading in articles on Kennedy’s illness. The prognosis isn’t good, that’s for sure.
This really is distressing news. He’s one of the good guys, and would be sorely missed if he’s gone.
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