The Tri-Cities Reacts To Announcement That Ted Kennedy Has Brain Cancer

By: Bill Christian | TriCities.com
Published: May 21, 2008

Many people in the Tri-Cities reacted on Wednesday after learning that Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Johnson City resident, Debbie Wilson has followed the Kennedy's for years and remembers what she was feeling when President John Kennedy was shot, then his brother Bobby five years later.
"That same feeling came over me again," Wilson said.
"I wouldn't wish this kind of disease on my worst enemy," said Carl Whightman, Jonesborough resident.
Senator Kennedy is respected, no matter if you're a democrat or republican. And all indications are that this longtime politician has a rough road ahead of him. Richard Gentry is a radiologist at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He said malignant glioma is one of the most common types of brain cancer.
"It is not localized or focal or encapsulated, it tends to run through the nerve cells and the connections within the brain fairly rapidly," Gentry said.
He says this type of brain cancer is rare, about 1 case per 50-thousand people. But the prognosis for those who have it is not good. Leaving people in the Tri-cities to hope for the best for Kennedy.

The Tri-Cities Reacts To Announcement That Ted Kennedy Has Brain Cancer

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