CNN: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated for Cancerous Tumor on Pancreas

BALDWIN Breaking news now ░░░░░░░░ Court justice Ruth Bader ░░░░░░░░ we are just now ░░░░░░░░ learning she has undergone ░░░░░░░░ treatment for cancer so ░░░░░░░░ don t have a ░░░░░░░░ of information right now ░░░░░░░░ s go first to ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court reporter Ariane ░░░░░░░░ Vogue And Ariane what ░░░░░░░░ you know DE VOGUE ░░░░░░░░ ve just gotten this ░░░░░░░░ from the court that ░░░░░░░░ that she has completed ░░░░░░░░ therapy for a tumor ░░░░░░░░ her pancreas It was ░░░░░░░░ in early July The ░░░░░░░░ said Justice Ruth Bader ░░░░░░░░ today completed a three ░░░░░░░░ course of radiation therapy ░░░░░░░░ Sloan Kettering The focused ░░░░░░░░ treatment began on August ░░░░░░░░ and was administered on ░░░░░░░░ outpatient basis She says ░░░░░░░░ she is continuing right ░░░░░░░░ to be active the ░░░░░░░░ was treated definitively and ░░░░░░░░ is no evidence of ░░░░░░░░ elsewhere in the body ░░░░░░░░ of course this comes ░░░░░░░░ she was diagnosed with ░░░░░░░░ cancer in 2018 That ░░░░░░░░ all the information we ░░░░░░░░ and of course it ░░░░░░░░ just a couple of ░░░░░░░░ before the new term ░░░░░░░░ about to start BALDWIN ░░░░░░░░ so Ariane stand by ░░░░░░░░ Cohen is with me ░░░░░░░░ just she s having ░░░░░░░░ RBG our film several ░░░░░░░░ they tell the story ░░░░░░░░ how she beat cancer ░░░░░░░░ and then as Ariane ░░░░░░░░ pointed out had the ░░░░░░░░ with her lung just ░░░░░░░░ recently COHEN Colon cancer ░░░░░░░░ cancer and now and ░░░░░░░░ re hearing not for ░░░░░░░░ first time about pancreatic ░░░░░░░░ but we re hearing ░░░░░░░░ new news about her ░░░░░░░░ this particular treatment for ░░░░░░░░ cancer This is obviously ░░░░░░░░ that you don t ░░░░░░░░ to hear it sounds ░░░░░░░░ they said that this ░░░░░░░░ been treated and they ░░░░░░░░ the word radiation treatment ░░░░░░░░ also use the term ░░░░░░░░ evidence of disease also ░░░░░░░░ sometimes as N E ░░░░░░░░ That s a term ░░░░░░░░ it s difficult to ░░░░░░░░ this because when you ░░░░░░░░ no evidence of disease ░░░░░░░░ think oh it s ░░░░░░░░ But Brooke the reality ░░░░░░░░ this is that people ░░░░░░░░ have N E D ░░░░░░░░ evidence of disease That ░░░░░░░░ means at that point ░░░░░░░░ time that you re ░░░░░░░░ there s no evidence ░░░░░░░░ disease Unfortunately especially with ░░░░░░░░ like pancreatic cancer which ░░░░░░░░ be so aggressive then ░░░░░░░░ look six months later ░░░░░░░░ you do find it ░░░░░░░░ want to think about ░░░░░░░░ in a sort of ░░░░░░░░ very balanced way You ░░░░░░░░ t want to think ░░░░░░░░ terrible but on the ░░░░░░░░ hand you do want ░░░░░░░░ realize that N E ░░░░░░░░ no evidence of disease ░░░░░░░░ s what s going ░░░░░░░░ right now It doesn ░░░░░░░░ say what s going ░░░░░░░░ go on in the ░░░░░░░░ BALDWIN Ariane back over ░░░░░░░░ you This is an ░░░░░░░░ year old woman a ░░░░░░░░ of people have been ░░░░░░░░ for her praying for ░░░░░░░░ health as onlookers are ░░░░░░░░ you know how does ░░░░░░░░ work What might this ░░░░░░░░ for the court DE ░░░░░░░░ What s amazing about ░░░░░░░░ is how active she ░░░░░░░░ been and how forthcoming ░░░░░░░░ has been with her ░░░░░░░░ The Supreme Court is ░░░░░░░░ a new term on ░░░░░░░░ 4th it s a ░░░░░░░░ term with lots of ░░░░░░░░ issues Last time around ░░░░░░░░ most recent bout of ░░░░░░░░ she did miss staying ░░░░░░░░ the bench for the ░░░░░░░░ time in her career ░░░░░░░░ she s been back ░░░░░░░░ s been back on ░░░░░░░░ speaking tour I want ░░░░░░░░ read you a little ░░░░░░░░ more from the statement ░░░░░░░░ we got from the ░░░░░░░░ The abnormality was first ░░░░░░░░ after a routine blood ░░░░░░░░ in early July And ░░░░░░░░ biopsy performed on July ░░░░░░░░ at Sloan Kettering confirmed ░░░░░░░░ localized malignant tumor So ░░░░░░░░ s the information we ░░░░░░░░ Again the Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ issued this statement And ░░░░░░░░ comes as Ruth Bader ░░░░░░░░ has a full schedule ░░░░░░░░ summer She was going ░░░░░░░░ speaking tours as she ░░░░░░░░ does The court did ░░░░░░░░ that she s put ░░░░░░░░ her annual vacation that ░░░░░░░░ takes in Santa Fe ░░░░░░░░ we ll have to ░░░░░░░░ it looks like we ░░░░░░░░ get more information soon ░░░░░░░░ this is just in.”