Ginsburg's Cancer Has Not Spread, Court Says

[kpete]

Source: ABC


Ginsburg's Cancer Has Not Spread, Court Says
Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg's cancer has not spread; she returns home after surgery
WASHINGTON February 13, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's cancer was found at the earliest stage and has not spread beyond her pancreas, the court said Friday.

The 75-year-old justice returned to her home in Washington Friday after being released from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the court said.

The 1-centimeter growth that doctors initially spotted during a CT scan in late January turned out, upon analysis, to be benign. But a second, even smaller tumor found by her surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan, during the operation was malignant, the court said. Doctors classified the cancer as early stage, or Stage 1.

Tests on Ginsburg's lymph nodes revealed no cancer and doctors found no spread of it elsewhere, the court said.

Brennan removed Ginsburg's spleen and a portion of the pancreas on Feb. 5.

Ginsburg has indicated she will be at the court when the justices next hear arguments on Feb. 23.



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[Ian David]

1. Was that a unanimous ruling? n/t

[MrPerson]

2. I want a Second Opinion

[Judi Lynn]

3. Thank you, kpete. Hoping for the best for this excellent justice. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

4. I am relieved to hear this

I hope the ghouls who were talking about her replacement and saying how she must resign, are hanging their heads in embarrassment.

[Pastiche423]

5. Finally some good news

[aquart]

6. This is good, right? How good?

[CountAllVotes]

7. it means it is good

it has not spread (metastasized). Pancreatic cancer usually has spread by the time it is caught. Justice Ginsburg might get lucky and this will be the end of it I hope.

:dem: :kick:

[w4rma]

8. happy dance! (nt)

[No Elephants]

9. If the tumor was in the pancreas, why did they remove the spleen?