Kennedy has brain tumor
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The Almighty
I always thought it would be kidney/liver failure that would kill him
Norman Paperman
The Wino
Though I do find myself at the nearly opposite end of the man's politics, I wish him and his family well. I hope he can beat this.
BOSTON - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures.
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Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma.
His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.
The 76-year-old senator has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted from Cape Cod after a seizure at his home.
"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.
The doctors said Kennedy will remain in the hospital "for the next couple of days according to routine protocol."
"He remains in good spirits and full of energy," they said.
Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day 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.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types — such as glioblastomas — or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
Kennedy, the second-longest serving member of the Senate and a dominant figure in national Democratic Party politics, was elected in 1962, filling out the term won by his brother, John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy eldest brother, Joseph, was killed in a World War II airplane crash. President John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and his brother Robert was assassinated in 1968.
Kennedy is active for his age, maintaining an aggressive schedule on Capitol Hill and across Massachusetts. He has made several campaign appearances for the Illinois senator in February, and most recently another in April.
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Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma.
His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.
The 76-year-old senator has been hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted from Cape Cod after a seizure at his home.
"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.
The doctors said Kennedy will remain in the hospital "for the next couple of days according to routine protocol."
"He remains in good spirits and full of energy," they said.
Kennedy's wife and children have been with him each day 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.
Average survival can range from less than a year for very advanced and aggressive types — such as glioblastomas — or to about five years for different types that are slower growing.
Kennedy, the second-longest serving member of the Senate and a dominant figure in national Democratic Party politics, was elected in 1962, filling out the term won by his brother, John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy eldest brother, Joseph, was killed in a World War II airplane crash. President John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and his brother Robert was assassinated in 1968.
Kennedy is active for his age, maintaining an aggressive schedule on Capitol Hill and across Massachusetts. He has made several campaign appearances for the Illinois senator in February, and most recently another in April.
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The Almighty
I say he dies within two months.... from yet another drunk driving accident.
cawacko
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Does your analysis mean it's pretty much for sure mean he can beat it? That is scary stuff.
cancer sucks.
I just lost someone close to me to an aggressive cancer. I wouldn't wish that fate on anyone.
Except George W. Bush.
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The Almighty
It was over the day Bobby died.
I definitely disagree with Mr. Kennedy almost everything I deem to be politically important, but as someone above said, I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.....even my worst enemy.......or even Canadiankid.
Norman Paperman
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Amen brother. I am of the opinion that Bobby's death inalterably changed the political map of the US forever. THere would have been no watergate, Vietnam would have been over 6 years earlier, and a more common sense Democratic administration would have been in charge.
I actually meant the "that's not nice" to be ironic.
And yes, it was acceptable.
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Agreed.
THis is terminal. His prognosis is between 6 months and 5 years depending on the type of tumor it is and how agressivly it behaves in the comming months.
This is the same thing they told my father when he was diagnosed with Pancratiac Cancer, he was dead 10 months later.
His family should be happy they have some time and they should use it to the fullest. His brothers families never had the chance to say goodbye.
This is the same thing they told my father when he was diagnosed with Pancratiac Cancer, he was dead 10 months later.
His family should be happy they have some time and they should use it to the fullest. His brothers families never had the chance to say goodbye.