The Supreme Court has just announced that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today in New York City for recently discovered pancreatic cancer.
Ginsburg, 75, had what she described as a "long bout" with colorectal cancer in 1999, but recovered and has worked at full strength since. Always frail, she has been the subject of retirement rumors in recent years, but last year sent strong signals that she had no plans to leave the Court anytime soon.
Here is the text of the Court announcement:
"U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery for an apparently early-stage pancreatic cancer today, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. According to Dr. Murray Brennan, the attending surgeon, Justice Ginsburg will likely remain in the hospital approximately 7-10 days.
"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 Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Scan revealed a small tumor, approximately 1 cm across, in the center of the pancreas.
"Justice Ginsburg is 75 years old. She was appointed to the Court in 1993 by President Clinton."
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