Sen Kennedy with Brain Tumor

[HAL 9000 96]

Sometimes these tumors precipitate seizures.

Left parietal lobe malignant...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

At his age - I imagine that's curtains for him.

[GaryC 7]

My heart goes out to him and his family. Even though his politics are not something I agree with I still have respect for him. A malignant brain tumor is a nasty way to go. My mother died of one at the age of 37. I wish him peace in his final days.

[Nagishkaw 510]

It was curtains for Mary Jo, too.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Too bad. A long time running senator of Massachusetts. I love the guy, not intimately, of course. His family has a real estate near cental park. They pay about 1 million dollars a month on that house.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24728667

Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor

Condition found after he was treated for seizure over weekend, doctors say

BREAKING NEWS

The Associated Press

updated 12:31 p.m. CT, Tues., May. 20, 2008

BOSTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor.

Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in the left parietal-lobe. It was detected after Kennedy, 76, was airlifted to Boston on Saturday after having a seizure at his Cape Cod home.

The usual course of treatment includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy, but Kennedy's treatment will be decided after more tests.

"He has had no further seizures, remains in good overall condition and is up and walking around the hospital," said a joint statement issued by Dr. Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Larry Ronan, Kennedy's primary care physician.

Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day since he was hospitalized but have made no public statements.

Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year — and the most common type among adults. It's a starting diagnosis: How well patients fare depends on what specific tumor type is determined by further testing.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It was curtains for Mary Jo, too.

Ah the cancer is deserved then.

Good to know

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

It was curtains for Mary Jo, too.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Well, if you wanna think that, go for it.

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I love the guy, not intimately, of course.

Of course

[Jenn! 918]

Well, if you wanna think that, go for it.

What did you mean otherwise?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

So what does this mean? Imminent death? Or can he still be "normal" with treatment?

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dumb question i'm sure: who is Mary Jo?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

At his age - I imagine that's curtains for him.

Eh, he's borrowed considerable time in not dying of cirrhosis (he's failed AA several times).

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

dumb question i'm sure: who is Mary Jo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne