Updated 2:37 p.m. ET
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just completed three weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court disclosed Friday.
The radiation therapy, conducted on an outpatient basis, began Aug. 5, shortly after a localized cancerous tumor was discovered on Ginsburg’s pancreas. The treatment included the insertion of a stent in Ginsburg’s bile duct, according to a statement issued by the court.
Doctors at Sloan Kettering said further tests showed no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. The treatment comes just months after Ginsburg was operated on for lung cancer last December. The 86-year-old justice has battled cancer in various forms over the last 20 years.
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Does “localized tumor on her pancreas” equal a primary pancreatic tumor? Other origin cancers spread to her pancreas might be a less bad option. In which case the most common type would be adenocarcinoma, a notoriously quickly bad actor although I gather there have been some recent treatment that offer some hope. Less common pancreatic tumor types may offer a longer prognosis, cf. Steve Jobs, but if she has the common one she could go quickly in spite of this radiation therapy and in spite of being notoriously a tough person. As for the “no evidence of remaining cancer” spiel we’ve heard that before in her case. This news trumps the earlier round of reassurances. Lack of evidence of remaining cancer doesn’t equal evidence of its lack.
Q: Why are there no Yankee fans at Sloan - Kettering?
A: Because the Mets always win.
Wow, if they zapped her and skipped over the Whippet procedure, wow.