Some experts believe that doctors are unlikely to operate on Senator Kennedy. They say the likely treatment is radiation and chemotherapy.化学疗法 What But chemical treatment for brain cancer is complex because of the protective blood brain berial barrier. It stops some chemicals from entering the brain, including many chemo drug.
一些专家相信医生不可能给参议员肯尼迪动手术。他们说可能的治疗方法是放射性治疗和化学疗法。但是对脑癌的化学治疗非常复杂，因为有脑部保护血液阻碍。它阻止一些化学物品进入大脑，包括许多化学药品。
Radiation treatments for brain cancer have improved a lot in recent years. New methods and equipment can permit extremely localized treatments that are less likely to damange healthy tissue.
最近几年对脑癌的放射性治疗已经进步了很多。新的方法和一起可以允许进行局部治疗。那样可以对健康阻止减少损害。
Research into brain cancer treatment also includes drug therapy治疗. In 2005, a drug called temozolomide were was shown to add a few months to the lifes of brain cancer patients . And researchers are studying in uses for the cancer drug avast Avastin. It is already used to treat breast, colon and lung cancer. It starts starves tumors by to blunking blocking blood flow to the growths.
研究脑癌治疗方法还包括药物治疗。2005年一种叫做temozolomide的药物可以延长脑癌病人几个月的生命。研究人员正在研究脑癌药品Avastin的使用。这种药品已经用在了治疗乳癌，肠癌和肺癌上。它通过组织血液流动来抑制肿瘤生长。
The United States has about 10000 new cancerous gliomas a year. Half of the people die within 15 months. *Malignant gliomas are more aggressive in older people. Ted Kennedy is 76 years old. The Senator competed Monday in the second half of a boat race in Massachusetts. Finishing second in his five boat division.
美国每年都会新增1万个胶质瘤患者，一半的人在15个月之内就趋势。恶性胶质瘤在老年人中较多。肯尼迪已经76岁了，他星期一在马萨诸塞州参加了划船比赛二分之一比赛。完成了5棒里面的第二棒。