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Aug 26, 2009 · Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, known as Ted or Teddy, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in May 2008 and underwent a successful brain surgery soon after that. But his health continued to deteriorate, and Kennedy suffered a seizure while attending the luncheon following President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Jul 29, 2008 · When Senator Edward M. Kennedy disclosed on May 20 that he had brain cancer, three days after suffering a seizure, doctors did not list surgery as a possibility. A news release from...
May 20, 2008 · Doctors link weekend seizure to a cancerous glioma. By Nikhil Swaminathan. Mind & Brain. The hospital where veteran Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy has been recuperating following a seizure...
In Senator Kennedy's case, the seizure was a presentation of a severe condition - a malignant tumor of the brain. According to news sources, biopsy results indicated that the tumor was a glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor, and is located in the left parietal lobe of the brain.
Aug 26, 2009 · Doctors found Kennedy's malignant brain tumor during tests in mid-May 2008 after the then-76-year-old senator suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home. The May 20, 2008, diagnosis included the senator among the ranks of 180,000 new cases of brain cancers reported each year.
Aug 28, 2009 · Kennedy, known as the "Lion of the Senate," died after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. "We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the...
On August 25, 2009, Kennedy died of a brain tumor ( glioblastoma) at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at the age of 77.