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Senator Ted Kennedy, an icon of the Democratic party and its champion of liberal causes, is suffering from a malignant brain tumour, a statement from his doctors said today. Kennedy, 76, and a senator from Massachusetts for 45 years, was admitted to a Boston hospital at the weekend after...
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Senator Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumour
BOSTON: Senator Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour Tuesday in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy. The diagnosis cast a pall over Congress, where the Massachusetts Democrat has served since 1962, and came...
Parker hopes for Kennedy recovery
By Sherry Koonce The Port Arthur News By Sherry Koonce The News staff writer Just hours after doctors announced that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Tuesday, a former Southeast Texas senator recalled a happier time when the two shared a song in South Texas....
Kennedy's Doctors Find Brain Tumor
Prognosis for Type of Cancer Is Poor Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor after suffering a seizure at his home on May 17, 2008. He is a liberal icon of the U.S. Senate and patriarch of the Kennedy family. By Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane Washington Post...
Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
Story Created: May 20, 2008 at 6:10 PM CDT Story Updated: May 20, 2008 at 6:30 PM CDT Doctors have released the cause of Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy's seizure. He suffered the seizure on Saturday and has been in a Boston hospital ever since. Doctors today say the seizure was caused by a...
Prognosis usually bleak for condition, a glioma
The statement that Senator Edward Kennedy's doctors issued on Tuesday made clear that his malignant tumor was a glioma, a cancer that arises in the brain and that often carries a bleak prognosis. Still, the statement also said Kennedy, 76, was in "good spirits and full of energy" and walking...
Kennedy tumor may be difficult to treat
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Doctors now know exactly why Senator Ted Kennedy suffered a seizure. They say Ted Kennedy has a cancerous brain tumor, but he is in good spirits. Senator Kennedy is surrounded by his wife and children in the Massachusetts General Hospital. The type of tumor found in Ted...
Sen. Edward Kennedy has cancerous brain tumor
By GLEN JOHNSON BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Tuesday in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy. The diagnosis cast a pall over Capitol Hill, where the Massachusetts Democrat has...
Colleagues wish Kennedy well
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Senate colleagues extended their support and well-wishes to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Kennedy has risen to challenges before and "we are confident he will rise to...
Ted Kennedy is found to have cancerous brain tumor
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Tuesday in what could be the grim final chapter in a life marked by exhilarating triumph and shattering tragedy. "Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy family have faced adversity more times in more instances with more courage and more...
Medical Experts Emphasize New Drug Treatments, Positive Outlook in Assessing Kennedy's Cancer
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 21:00 CDT Despite the generally discouraging medical outlook for patients like Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who have malignant brain cancer, several experts said the veteran lawmaker's best chance may be to keep fighting. The most common variety of Kennedy's type...
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