Ruth Bader Ginsberg Receiving Chemo for Recurrence Liver Cancer

Chicago Tribune ^ | 17 July 2020 | Associated Press

[NautiNurse]

...but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court...her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesions on her liver and that she will continue chemotherapy sessions every two weeks.

[NautiNurse]

Maybe she's getting Opdivo every two weeks.

[shelterguy]

More likely that she is getting embalming fluid.

[TexasFreeper2009]

stick a steak through the vampires heart already!

[Lurkinanloomin]

Amazing that she has lived this long.
Everyone I have known with pancreatic cancer died from it.
And she has liver cancer, too.

[G Larry]

I was in great shape at 53 when I went through Chemo for "an easily treatable" cancer.

She is NOT able to "still perform her duties", unless she is just signing off on staff work product.

[biggerten]

Her statement says immunotherapy failed and she is on gemcitabine.

[NautiNurse]

I know a 90 year old who survived three years on Opdivo, evenutally died of a heart attack.

[unixfox]

She has no plans to retire. God will make that decision.

[BillyCuccio]

Chemo is very powerful stuff. It was what killed my father when he had lymphoma in his 60s. This is not a good sign for the woman but Cancer does grow much slower the older you get. She should be allowed to retire and enjoy a more carefree life with her family. Why would anyone want to keep the job she has with all these ailments at her age ?

[ZOOKER]

Adrenochrome.

[b4its2late]

She’ll keel over in her black robes.

[cuban leaf]

I could be wrong, but I’ve heard that Chemo can be pretty hard on a person - even if young and healthy.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for the info.

[A_perfect_lady]

Why would anyone want to keep the job she has with all these ailments at her age ?

To spite President Trump.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Stick a steak through the vampires heart already!

That would be rare sport.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

God lets men be free, but the Devil takes care of his own.

[jeffc]

It will be Weekend at Bernie's, or more like Buzzy at the Supreme Court, for the next 5 years after Trump wins re-election.

Buzzy's staff will wheel her corpse into chambers and a staff member will speak for Buzzy through a hidden speaker using voice change software to imitate her voice. And the media will provide all coverup...

[gas_dr]

The growth rate of cancer has nothing to do with age.

[rdl6989]

I like my steak medium rare.

[surrey]

The same thing happened to my dad. He was diagnosed with lymphoma and prescribed a very aggressive chemo. Aside from the cancer, he was extremely healthy. The chemo so depleted his immune system that when he got an infection he was a goner. This was in 1987 and he too was in his 60’s. Today he probably would have beaten it.