Alopecia totalis; A woman with alopecia totalis: Classification and external resources; Specialty: dermatology: ICD-10: L63.0
CBS News Logo CBS News. Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001, during a Washington news conference in the Capitol. Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has brain tumor, condition discovered after he had seizure.
The politician's son died Saturday night due to the disease, however, the family did not specifically say what type of brain cancer killed the younger Biden. Experts assume Beau died from glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of brain cancer, according to a report from Washington Post. The survival median for patients with this condition, classified as grade 4, is 14.6 months following the diagnosis. The diseases kills over 15,000 adults in the United States.