A grim diagnosis: Kennedy's brain cancer is worst kind
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_go_co/kennedy_tumor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080520/capt.7ca8ab5b9afd406a890359435f1adaa8.kennedy_hospitalized_mass103.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=ZN29isU0qQ6k85CQAnN62Q--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., smiles as he sit with his daughter Kara Kennedy in a family room at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2008. Kennedy has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>AP - A malignant glioma ? the diagnosis doctors gave Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ? is the worst kind of brain cancer. Malignant gliomas strike almost 9,000 Americans a year. Survival statistics are grim ? few live three years and for the worst subtype, half die within a year.</p><br clear="all"/>

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