Falling star, ted kennedy has brain cancer.
BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, doctors treating him at Massachusetts General Hospital said Tuesday. Kennedy, 76, was hospitalized Saturday morning after suffering a seizure at his family's compound at Hyannisport, Massachusetts. "Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe," according to a statement from the doctors treating the senator. Malignant glioma is the most common primary brain tumor, accounting for more than half of the 18,000 primary malignant brain tumors diagnosed each year in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said President Bush was "deeply saddened" by the news and would keep the senator in his prayers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was confident Kennedy would get through his health crisis. "Sen. Kennedy has been a fighter a