Ruth Bader Ginsburg has cancer.

[emzie]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said.

...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers: Nearly 38,000 cases a year are diagnosed and overall, fewer than 5 percent survive five years.

The reason: Fewer than one in 10 cases are diagnosed at an early stage — like Ginsburg's appears to be — before the cancer has begun spreading through the abdomen and beyond. That's because early pancreatic cancer produces few symptoms other than vague indigestion.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-scotus-ginsburg,0,3668162.story

Pancreatic cancer is almost impossible to put into remission. I do hope hers was caught early. Looks like the first Supreme Court nomination might be soon. And I really liked Ginsburg

 

[eastsidebagel]

How old is this guy?

 

[holy king]

democrat or republican?

 

[emzie]

How old is this guy?

She's 75.

democrat or republican?

Don't know that specifically. It's a non-partisan position. She is considered to be a liberal though. So if she were to resign, Obama's replacement would keep the court 4½-4½* on ideology splits.

*4 conservatives (Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Scalia) 4 liberals (Ginsburg, Stevens, Breyer, Souter) and a swing of Kennedy

 

[sonorakitch]

She is arguably the most liberal member of the court. I'm sorry to see she has pancreatic cancer; one of the worst forms. Hopefully her surgery goes well.

 

[BSmith1068]

I do hope hers was caught early.

Looks like it was found pretty early:

"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 court spokeswoman said in the news release.

A CAT scan "revealed a small tumor, approximately one centimeter across, in the center of the pancreas," the release added.

Ginsburg is a cancer survivor. She previously underwent surgery for colon cancer in September 1999, and received chemotherapy until June 2000.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/05/ginsberg.cancer.supreme.court/index.html

 

[eastsidebagel]

How old is this guy?

I'm an idiot. I didn't read the OP enough to get to know that he is actually a "she". I read the article and I'm sorry for her.

 

[Phlegmak]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has cancer.

...and Hannity-ites, Savage-ites, and Limbaugh-ites around the world rejoiced.

 

[downtown]

Don't really know why they would...her replacement would be similar, ideologically.

I've met Justice Ginsburg a few times, and have enjoyed listening to her speak. I wish her a speedy recovery

 

[emzie]

...and Hannity-ites, Savage-ites, and Limbaugh-ites around the world rejoiced.

Why? Her replacement is going to be an Alito-aged her.

 

[LucyDuke]

Damn. Pancreatic cancer's pretty much always a death sentence, and she's had cancer before? Best of luck to the old lady.

 

[Leonel]

My grandpa died of pancreatic cancer. Hope she passes better than he did.

 

[Cutlass]

That's too bad.

 

[Irish Caesar]

Hm, not too many high-profile cases of pancreatic cancer. Perhaps this will be a step in the right direction for "awareness" and prevention and treatment?