Posted on 08/23/2019 4:28:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
While the court said Ginsburg's tumor "was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body," and no further treatment was needed, pancreatic cancer remains a serious diagnosis for the 86-year-old liberal icon.
Pancreatic cancer was the third-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States in 2018, after lung and colorectal cancers, according to the National Cancer Institute.
About 95% of people with pancreatic cancer die from it, experts say. It's so lethal because during the early stages, when the tumor would be most treatable, there are usually no symptoms. It tends to be discovered at advanced stages when abdominal pain or jaundice may result. Presently, there are no general screening tools.
There are two types of pancreatic cancer: exocrine tumors and endocrine tumors.
Exocrine tumors are the majority of pancreatic cancers, and the most common form is called adenocarcinoma, which begins in gland cells, usually in the ducts of the pancreas. These tumors tend to be more aggressive than neuroendocrine tumors, the kind that Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs had, but if caught early enough, they can be treated effectively with surgery.
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Scary. Pancreatic cancer killed Patrick Swayze. His before and after pictures are stark.
What was her other cancer treatment for? Pancreatic cancer truly is a deadly disease. Michael Landon, Vince Flynn, Patrick Swayze - all very young died from it.
Scary. Pancreatic cancer killed Patrick Swayze. His before and after pictures are stark.
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It killed Steve Jobs. That poor guy was skeletal looking toward the end.
I wish Darth Bader all the well wishes the left has for President Trump’s continued good health.
“...treated definitively...”
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WTH does that mean? definitively?
She’s a domestic enemy. I’m not going to pretend she’s anything other than.
Correction - Vince Flynn had prostate cancer...
Its such a horrible disease because the symptoms can match up with GERD or other issues, people dont associate constipation with pancreatic cancer, Patrick had that thought nothing of it..the white stool gives it away, the second you see that its over. Ginsberg has been incredibly lucky that hers was found before it went anywhere(At least as far as we know) she was diagnosed 10 years ago I think, but it can always come back
Definition from Cancer.gov:
definitive treatment listen (deh-FIH-nih-tiv TREET-ment)
The treatment plan for a disease or disorder that has been chosen as the best one for a patient after all other choices have been considered.
Thanks, did know that.
Yes, it’s probably the worst cancer of all, though I could be wrong.
She’s evil and unpatriotic she should have resigned sometime ago because she is not able physically to really do her duties just disgustingly self-centered idealog
That’s what my father died of
I believe Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer as well.
Wow, didn’t know about those symptoms. What makes it especially frightening is the lack tests to check for it.
And David Bowie, and Alan Rickman and numerous others too many to name. I have lost more than one friend to the aggressive type of pancreatic cancer. Prayers for all who suffer from this cruel disease.
Why not just get a pancreas transplant and get rid of the diseased one?
Right, Ruthie?
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