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BREAKING: Ted Kennedy has a Brain Tumor [updated]

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MSNBC (not online yet) is reporting at 1:10 today that Ted Kennedy’s doctors have released a statement that the senior Senator has a brain tumor.  More as I hear it.

Update, 1:15: The statement says that the tumor is a glioma.

Update, 1:22: It’s online now: Boston Herald

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  1. From the Associated Press:

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    Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. 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, they said….

    ….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.

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