SelectPlusKennedy Weighing Medical Options With TumorKennedy Weighing Medical Options With TumorThe Associated PressIn an e-mail sent to friends Tuesday, Sen. Edward Kennedy's wife, Vicki, said the family is consulting with experts and seeking multiple opinions on how to treat a malignant brain tumor that the veteran lawmaker has been diagnosed with. (May 21)U-S Senator Edward Kennedy is said to be weighing his options on how to move forward after Tuesday's stunning diagnosis:That he has a malignant brain tumor. In an email sent to friends --- Kennedy's wife, Vicki, says the family is consulting with medical experts and seeking multiple opinions.The 76-year-old has what's known as a glioma in part of his brain called the left parietal lobe.It's a part of the brain that is crucial to communicating...SOT: (BRIAN COLLINS/RADIATION ONCOLOGIST/GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL) "PATIENTS WITH TUMORS IN THIS PART OF THE BRAIN USUALLY HAVE DIFFICULTY SPEAKING OR UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE."Outside experts say the type of tumor Kennedy has is incurable...and extremely difficult to remove completely.The usual course would be to treat it with surgery and then with radiation and chemotherapy. But even with modern advances --- survival is far from guaranteed.SOT: (15:50:38) PATIENTS CAN LIVE AS LONG AS FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S RARE TO SEE THEM LIVE BEYOND THAT.The news of Kennedy's cancer rocked the political world....as all three remaining presidential candidates took time send well wishes to their senate colleague.SOT: McCainSOT: ObamaSOT: Clinton Doctors found the tumor after Kennedy suffered a seizure over the weekend.Ted Kennedy is the second longest-serving senator. He was elected to the Senate in 19-62.___ ___, The Associated Press.