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June 16, 2008

Sen. Kennedy preparing to "do battle" vs. cancer

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is considering a pill form of chemotherapy that would allow him to stay home on Cape Cod during treatment for a brain tumor, his son U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said this weekend.

Kennedy said his father enjoyed the Father’s Day weekend surrounded by family at his home in Hyannisport, Mass., and preparing to “do battle,” undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments for his brain cancer two weeks after surgery in North Carolina, Rep. Kennedy said.

He would not say when the radiation and chemotherapy treatments would begin.

Read a full story from the Associated Press

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