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So far, NPR has the most detailed coverage here. An excerpt:
She was treated for colon cancer 10 years ago.
Ginsburg’s pancreatic cancer was discovered early, in the course of a routine annual screening, but medical literature says even in this circumstance, a patient’s five-year survival chances range from 10 to 30 percent.
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The five-year survival rate is 5 percent, with most patients living less than a year. Doctors say this poor survival rate is due in significant part to the fact that cancers of the pancreas are discovered late, when the cancer is very advanced.
Because Ginsburg previously underwent radiation treatment after her colon surgery, she likely will not be able to have radiation treatment a second time. Chemotherapy has not proved to be curative for pancreatic cancer.
The article states that Ginsberg has told others that she will be there on opening day of the court, but
White House sources say that the president’s top legal aides have already begun compiling lists of potential replacements in the event that any of the justices retire this year. And even before the news broke about Ginsburg, speculation focused heavily on potential female candidates. Now, it’s likely the list will be all female.
Sending good thoughts.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:49 pm February 5th, 2009 in Courts, Illness, Law, Politics, Whitehouse09, Women
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Well, at least now, she can make a decision based on what’s best for her, unencumbered by thoughts of how disastrous her retirement could be for the country. if she decides it’s best for her health that she retire, she won’t be replaced by antoher Alioto or Scalia.