Doctors say Kennedy was awake during tumor removal
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_he_me/med_kennedy_targeted_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080602/capt.cps.mpl16.030608004225.photo00.photo.default-512x397.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=aQ3Mffg6vBKBDu658SQTFQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="US Senator Edward Kennedy, seen here in April 2008, underwent "successful" surgery Monday on a malignant brain tumor and should have no lasting side-effects, his doctor said in a statement.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bravery in the face of cancer? Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has given it new meaning. Few things require as much courage as being wide awake and aware, lying perfectly still for hours, while surgeons methodically slice out bits of your brain.</p><br clear="all"/>

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