| BOSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has a malignant brain tumor, doctors caring for him at a Boston hospital said Tuesday. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS Kennedy, hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital since suffering a seizure at the family compound in Hyannis Port Saturday, had undergone testing to determine the seizure's cause. In a statement, doctors treating the Kennedy patriarch said, "Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe", CNN reported. The customary treatment course includes a combination of radiation and chemotherapy, doctors said. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Related News Topics:
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