With the tragic passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, many people are looking for more information on the illness that felled him, malignant glioma.
A glioma is a tyoe of tumor, that makes up the majority of malignant brain tumors.
As seen with Edward Kennedy, it tends to be a very aggressive malignant tumor that is very difficult to fight, although every glioma is not the same.
For more information on the symptons and treatment for malignant glioma, see the link below, and the video.
Glioma is a broad category of brain and spinal cord tumors that come from glial cells, the main brain cells that can develop into cancer... These tumors tend to grow or infiltrate into the normal brain tissue, which makes surgical removal very difficult -- or sometimes impossible -- and complicates treatment.
