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Ted Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that a cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Senator Edward Kennedy suffered over the weekend. Preliminary results from a brain biopsy show a malignant glioma in the Senator's left parietal lobe. Larry talks with Dr. Neil Martin, chair of neurosurgery at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine, about the usual course of treatment and prognosis for this type of cancer.