Sen Kennedy with Brain Tumor

[HAL 9000 96]

Yes... the location in the parietal lobe is not operable... too many movement initiation/sense reception zones. It looks like it will be a very difficult road for the Senator and all of our prayers should go to him and his family.

Is it amenable to the other two (burn or poison) options?

Agree that he needs prayer.

My grandmother had a spinal glioma that spread to her vertebrae and then outwards from there... all I can think of now is how wonderful her cooking was to reconcile the sad days she put up with before joining the rest of our family members that had passed before her.

I think he may go on the poison route but I heard there was a new clinical trial out using donor-supplied tumor tissue to raise antibodies against the tumor. He may qualify for it at some point. Lets hope for the best.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Yes... the location in the parietal lobe is not operable... too many movement initiation/sense reception zones. It looks like it will be a very difficult road for the Senator and all of our prayers should go to him and his family.

Is it amenable to the other two (burn or poison) options?

Agree that he needs prayer.

My grandmother had a spinal glioma that spread to her vertebrae and then outwards from there... all I can think of now is how wonderful her cooking was to reconcile the sad days she put up with before joining the rest of our family members that had passed before her.

I think he may go on the poison route but I heard there was a new clinical trial out using donor-supplied tumor tissue to raise antibodies against the tumor. He may qualify for it at some point. Lets hope for the best.

What about using gamma radiation.

[HAL 9000 96]

Yes... the location in the parietal lobe is not operable... too many movement initiation/sense reception zones. It looks like it will be a very difficult road for the Senator and all of our prayers should go to him and his family.

Is it amenable to the other two (burn or poison) options?

Agree that he needs prayer.

My grandmother had a spinal glioma that spread to her vertebrae and then outwards from there... all I can think of now is how wonderful her cooking was to reconcile the sad days she put up with before joining the rest of our family members that had passed before her.

I think he may go on the poison route but I heard there was a new clinical trial out using donor-supplied tumor tissue to raise antibodies against the tumor. He may qualify for it at some point. Lets hope for the best.

What about using gamma radiation.

Its possible. Really that kind of treatment relies more on doctor-patient decisions more than the tumor itself...