Posts Tagged ‘parietal lobe’

Malignant, Glioma, Malignant Brain Tumor, Malignant Glioma,

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Now according to doctors, Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year and the most common type among adults. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma [...]

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Sen. Edward Kennedy Diagnosed With Brain Tumor; Prognosis Seen As Poor

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his familys compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts. During his stay, doctors diagnosed him with malignant glioma, which is a brain tumor, in the parietal lobe on the left side of his brain. Kennedys wife, Victoria; his sister Jean; his daughter, Kara Kennedy Allen; and his [...]

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