Boston Globe: Ted Kennedy Has Brain Tumor

The Boston Globe

reports this afternoon that Senator Ted Kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant glioma, following a brain biopsy at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The tumor is located in the "top left portion of his brain," according to the paper, and is the likely cause of a seizure he experienced last weekend, which led to his hospitalization. The glioma was implied to be high grade, according to a quote from a neurosurgeon at Boston's Children's Hospital. Therapy in this case is typically multimodal, incorporating radiation, systemic chemotherapy, intracranial chemotherapy, and/or experimental targeted therapies.

Photo: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

05/21/08 update: The Boston Herald reports this morning that Kennedy's glioma is located in his left parietal lobe.