Justice Ruth Nader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer [View all]
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Source: CNN
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
Updated 2:38 PM ET, Fri August 23, 2019
Washington (CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
"The tumor was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body," the court said.
Here is the full statement from the Supreme Court:
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today completed a three-week course of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The focused radiation treatment began on August 5 and was administered on an outpatient basis to treat a tumor on her pancreas. The abnormality was first detected after a routine blood test in early July, and a biopsy performed on July 31 at Sloan Kettering confirmed a localized malignant tumor. As part of her treatment, a bile duct stent was placed. The Justice tolerated treatment well. She cancelled her annual summer visit to Santa Fe, but has otherwise maintained an active schedule. The tumor was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. Justice Ginsburg will continue to have periodic blood tests and scans. No further treatment is needed at this time."
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/23/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-cancer-supreme-court/index.html
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