Sen. Kennedy has malignant brain tumor
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last update: 1:47 p.m. EDT May 20, 2008
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, a longtime Massachusetts Democrat, has a malignant brain tumor, his office said Tuesday.
Kennedy's doctors said tests conducted after Kennedy had a seizure over the weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe.
His treatment will be decided after more tests, AP said. The usual course of treatment includes radiation and chemotherapy.
Kennedy is 76. He has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday. "He remains in good spirits and full of energy," said Dr. Lee Schwamm and Dr. Larry Ronan, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in a statement released by the hospital.
Kennedy, an elder statesman of the Democratic party, has been enthusiastically campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in the presidential race.
Kennedy has the second-longest tenure of any senator. He is the chairman of the Senate Health, Education and Labor and Pensions. He was elected in 1962 to finish out the term of his brother after John F. Kennedy ascended to the White House. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1980 against President Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy's hospitalization came seven months after the senator underwent surgery to remove blockage in his left carotid artery that doctors say could have increased his risk of stroke.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sen-kennedy-has-malignant-brain/story.aspx... I'm going to resist the urge to comment on this story. I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone, but dang...