Supreme Court Justice treated for cancer

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Uh oh. . . .

I guess this would be more significant if it were Roberts, Alito, etc. 

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice treated for cancer
Posted: 01:09 PM ET

(CNN) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday for early stage pancreatic cancer, the Supreme Court announced.

Ginsburg, 75, underwent surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, the court said in a news release. It said she will likely remain in the hospital for the seven to 10 days, according to her attending surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan.

"Justice Ginsburg had no symptoms prior to the incidental discovery of the lesion during a routine annual check-up in late January at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland," a court spokeswoman said in the statement.

A CAT scan "revealed a small tumor, approximately one centimeter across, in the center of the pancreas," she added.

Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.

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Ginsburg's cancer has not spread, court says 
Posted 2/13/2009 12:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the court said.

The one-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 TNM 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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