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BREAKING: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated For Pancreatic Cancer, Dems Panic

TFPP Wire By TFPP Wire
Published August 23, 2019 at 11:57am
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent radiation therapy to treat a tumor on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman said on Friday.

The justice tolerated the treatment well and has “maintained an active schedule,” the spokeswoman, Kathy Arberg, said in a statement.

“The tumor was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body,” the statement said.

“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,” the statement from the Supreme Court issued on Friday said.

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