Ginsburg Issues ‘Upbeat’ Statement on Upcoming Chemotherapy
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she will undergo precautionary chemotherapy for her pancreatic cancer beginning later this month.
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times characterizes the statement issued by the justice as “upbeat.”
Ginsburg had surgery last month to remove a small pancreatic tumor and returned to the bench less than three weeks later. In a speech to law students last Friday, Ginsburg said she will follow the advice of retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who received chemotherapy on Friday afternoons so she could be back in court on Mondays.
Ginsburg’s statement reads: “On Feb. 5, 2009, I underwent a complete, successful, surgical removal of a pancreatic cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In consultation with Dr. Eileen O’Reilly and Dr. Leonard Saltz of MSK, I am scheduled to undergo a precautionary, post-surgery course of chemotherapy at the National Institutes of Health. The treatments, which will commence in late March, are not expected to affect my schedule at the court. Thereafter, it is anticipated that I will require only routine examinations to assure my continuing good health.”
