Abc just said he is suffering from Brain Cancer.

[ej510]

Fuck!

[SoonerPride]

1. Wow, that's terrible news.

I'm an atheist, so no "prayers" from me, but my thoughts are with the Kennedys at this time.

[ellenfl]

4. sending my form of 'prayer', as well. he's been a great legislator. eom

[Heidi]

2. MSNBC story: Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has a brain tumor, a condition discovered after seizure

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/19102119.html?location_refer=Art

[ej510]

3. There are different types of brain tumors i did not know that it was cancerous.

[SoCalDem]

5. malignant glioma of the left-parietal lobe..per CNN n/t

[DrDan]

6. and help me out here - I realize all tumors are serious - but how does this compare to other types

[MidwestTransplant]

7. It's malignant so obviously bad. By the way, interesting screen name for such a question!

[DrDan]

9. not when you know the "DR" refers to a notable gap in

medical knowledge but an overwhelming and unjustifiable amount of time spent in a very narrow area of networking technology.

[MidwestTransplant]

10. That clears it up!

[TahitiNut]

12. Ahhh... another ElmerPhd, huh?

:rofl:

[DrDan]

13. clever . . .

[SoCalDem]

8. not good at all.. here's the scoop from wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioma

[DrDan]

11. does not look good - thanks for posting that link

[nomorewhopper]

14. malignant = cancer (essentially)

there are different ways to parse this, but a malignant tumor is one that is growing, and capable of invading other areas of the body. its code for cancer.

in other words, a malignant tumor = cancerous tumor