[rightwingintelligentsia]

My mother died of a glioblastoma, two months after her diagnosis.

Of course that was over 20 years ago; don’t know if treatments have improved.

[massgopguy]

MGH has one of only nine Proton Therapy Machines in the world for treating Deep Brain Tumors. He’s lucky he’s not in Cuba or Canada.

[NautiNurse]

Took care of many, many patients with glioma during my hospital nursing career. It is a devastating diagnosis, particularly for the family. Every one of our patients chose the aggressive radiation treatments--with no survivors after two years. I am not aware of any significant improvements in treatment in the past 20 years.

I would imagine Senator Kennedy's tumor is particularly aggressive, as he would have had many scans when he had his carotid endarterectomy back in October 2007, and the tumor wasn't apparent at that time.