Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes more cancer treatment
The treatment, for a tumor on her pancreas, began Aug. 5 and was administered on an outpatient basis.Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 30, 2018.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed a three-week course of radiation therapy for cancer, the top court said in aThe treatment, for a tumor on her pancreas, began Aug. 5 and was administered on an outpatient basis.
Ginsburg, 86, has had several bouts of cancer and underwent surgery late last year to remove a growth from her lung. After Ginsburg's surgery in December, the Clinton-appointee missed her first oral arguments in her 25 year tenure. SheShe underwent surgery for colon cancer in 1999 and in 2009 for pancreatic cancer. Both cancers were detected at an early stage.The full statement from the court is below:
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.
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