rooster59 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 U.S. Justice Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer By Lawrence Hurley FILE PHOTO - U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a cancerous tumour on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. The 86-year old justice, who has had previous cancer scares, tolerated the therapy well and no further treatment is required, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement. An abnormality was first detected in July, and the tumour was identified following a biopsy performed on July 31 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. "She cancelled her annual summer visit to Santa Fe, but has otherwise maintained an active schedule," Arberg said. "The tumour was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body," the spokeswoman added. Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest cancers to treat and prognoses can be bleak. According to the website of the Columbia Pancreas Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, the percentage of people still alive five years after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that has not spread beyond the pancreas is 27.1% Ginsburg, who joined the court in 1993, had two cancerous nodules in her left lung removed in December. She was previously treated for pancreatic cancer in 2009 and colon cancer in 1999. In January, she missed oral arguments for the first time in her lengthy career on the court. As the oldest justice, she is closely watched for any signs of deteriorating health. Ginsburg, appointed in 1993 by Democratic President Bill Clinton, broke three ribs in a fall in November. The nodules on her lung were found as part of the tests the justice underwent after that fall. She returned to the bench in February and was an active participant in the remaining oral arguments of the court term, which ended in June. The court is currently in recess until October. If Ginsburg, one of the nine-member court’s four liberal justices, were unable to continue serving, Republican President Donald Trump could replace her with a conservative, further shifting the court to the right. Trump has added two justices since becoming president in January 2017, cementing its 5-4 conservative majority. During the second term of Democratic President Barack Obama, Ginsburg rebuffed calls from some liberals that she resign to allow the president to appoint a replacement, thereby avoiding the possibility of a Republican filling her seat. A cult figure among U.S. liberals, Ginsburg has been dubbed "Notorious RBG" after the late rapper Notorious BIG. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Additional reporting by Andrew Chung; editing by Richard Chang and Jonathan Oatis) -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 She is one tough old bird blessings to you Ruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Be well, RBG. I shudder to think of what the US would become if another supreme court justice was appointed by Trump/republicans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 One can only dream that their healthcare provider ws as thorough and conscientous as RBG's. If she catches a cold the medical establishment is mobilized. Best to her. One doesn't like to hear the words pancreas and cancer in the same sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Samui Bodoh said: I shudder to think of what the US would become if another supreme court justice was appointed by Trump/republicans... I'm sure Moscow Mitch would tell us that the president cannot nominate a SCOTUS candidate this close to an election. Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcutman Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, vinniekintana said: The sky would fall in. Funny, that is how the liberals (both politicians and media) have acting and seem to be predicting nearly every day since Trump was elected. Other news, witch this article does not touch on is RBG will require no further treatments for this cancer. So the sky might just remain intact for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDeadSenter Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Samui Bodoh said: Be well, RBG. I shudder to think of what the US would become if another supreme court justice was appointed by Trump/republicans... Well you will soon find out. Trump will get to pick Ginsburg's successor like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Most overrated justice of past century. Won't vacate the seat bc she's a partisan hack and the left just can't bear the fact the right gets another justice pick. Cult of personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcutman Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 She is the shining example of a political activist in a God like position holding on with every ounce of power. The Dems begged her to step down while Obama had a chance to nominate another in 2012. Gods will be gods, in their own minds of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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