Ruth Bader Ginsburg's prognosis better than originally thought

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Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg's cancer has not spread; she returns home after surgery
Associated Press

Last update: February 13, 2009 - 11:30 AM


WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's cancer was found at the earliest stage and has not spread beyond her pancreas, the court said Friday.

The 75-year-old justice returned to her home in Washington Friday, after being released from the Memorial-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the court said.

The one-centimeter growth that doctors initially spotted during a CT scan in late January turned out, upon analysis, to be benign. But a second, even smaller tumor found by her surgeon, Dr. Murray Brennan, during the operation was malignant, the court said. Doctors classified the cancer as early stage, or TNM Stage 1.

Tests on Ginsburg's lymph nodes revealed no cancer and doctors found no spread of it elsewhere, the court said.

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Good news!

[SIMPLYB1980]

1. Good news hope she recovers quickly.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That is great news!

She is very lucky. May her luck continue!

[LiberalFighter]

3. My dad has been doing fine after pancreas cancer.

Has good strength though still has treatment once in a while. And it has been for about 5 years. They are going down to Florida for about 4 weeks.