BOSTON - A cancerous tumor of the brain caused the seizure Senator Edward M. Kennedy has suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a dark for a diagnosis of U.S. policy most enduring figures.
Doctors say the Massachusetts Democrat for tests after Kennedy suffered a crisis this weekend showed a tumour in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a brain biopsy identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma.
His salary will be decided after several trials, but the normal course combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.
"I'm really sad," former senator Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., A said when he said in a corridor of the Senate on the state of Kennedy. "He is one politician who brings tears to my eyes when he speaks."
The 76-year-old senator was hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted to Cape Cod, after an arrest at his home.
"He had no other seizures, remains in good general condition, and is 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 primary care doctor.
Doctors have said Kennedy will remain in hospital "for the next two days, in accordance with the routine protocol."
"It is always in a good mood and full of energy," they said.
Kennedy, the wife and children were with him every day, but have not made any public statements.
Gliomes are a malignant type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9000 Americans a year - and the most common type in adults. This is an initial diagnosis: how patients fare depends on what type of tumor is determined by other tests.
Average survival can vary from less than a year for very advanced and types of aggression - such as glioblastomas - or about five years for different types that are increasingly slow.
Kennedy, the second oldest member of the Senate and a dominant figure in the politics of the Democratic Party, was elected in 1962, completing the term won by her brother, John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy's older brother, Joseph, was killed in World War II plane 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 timetable on Capitol Hill and in Massachusetts. He made several campaign appearances in Illinois senator February and, more recently, another in April.
Kennedy, senior senator from Massachusetts and the Senate's second oldest member, was re-elected in 2006 and is not new for election until 2012.
Where he resign or die in office, the rule of law requires a special election for the seat earlier than 145 days and not later than 160 days after the vacancy.
Doctors say the Massachusetts Democrat for tests after Kennedy suffered a crisis this weekend showed a tumour in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a brain biopsy identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma.
His salary will be decided after several trials, but the normal course combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.
"I'm really sad," former senator Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., A said when he said in a corridor of the Senate on the state of Kennedy. "He is one politician who brings tears to my eyes when he speaks."
The 76-year-old senator was hospitalized in Boston since Saturday, when he was airlifted to Cape Cod, after an arrest at his home.
"He had no other seizures, remains in good general condition, and is 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 primary care doctor.
Doctors have said Kennedy will remain in hospital "for the next two days, in accordance with the routine protocol."
"It is always in a good mood and full of energy," they said.
Kennedy, the wife and children were with him every day, but have not made any public statements.
Gliomes are a malignant type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9000 Americans a year - and the most common type in adults. This is an initial diagnosis: how patients fare depends on what type of tumor is determined by other tests.
Average survival can vary from less than a year for very advanced and types of aggression - such as glioblastomas - or about five years for different types that are increasingly slow.
Kennedy, the second oldest member of the Senate and a dominant figure in the politics of the Democratic Party, was elected in 1962, completing the term won by her brother, John F. Kennedy.
Kennedy's older brother, Joseph, was killed in World War II plane 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 timetable on Capitol Hill and in Massachusetts. He made several campaign appearances in Illinois senator February and, more recently, another in April.
Kennedy, senior senator from Massachusetts and the Senate's second oldest member, was re-elected in 2006 and is not new for election until 2012.
Where he resign or die in office, the rule of law requires a special election for the seat earlier than 145 days and not later than 160 days after the vacancy.
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