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02-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized With Cancer
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/0...-hospitalized/
Very sad news about a brilliant lawyer and jurist who, from all accounts, is also an incredibly kind and generous person.
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02-05-2009, 03:19 PM
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Oh, that makes me so sad, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. Pancreatic cancer scares me, talk about a silent killer.
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02-05-2009, 03:21 PM
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Oh, that makes me so sad, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family. Pancreatic cancer scares me, talk about a silent killer.
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There had been some rumors that she was having health problems, but she was still keeping up a busy schedule at the Court, and has remained very active during oral arguments.
Two of her former clerks were professors at my law school, and they both couldn't say enough nice things about her as a person. She'll be getting the best medical care possible; my thoughts and prayers are definitely with her, her family and friends.
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02-06-2009, 08:28 PM
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There had been some rumors that she was having health problems, but she was still keeping up a busy schedule at the Court, and has remained very active during oral arguments.
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In the paper this AM, I read that she didn't miss a day on the bench when she was fighting colon cancer. That is amazing in and of itself.
Pancreatic cancer is a cruel, vicious disease. One of my good friends, her dad was diagnosed with it in May and was gone by Independence Day. I think people forget how brutal it is--we see Patrick Swayze and Steve Jobs deal with it fairly well, and they really are rare examples.
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02-06-2009, 11:27 PM
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Dr. Ron Davis, former president of the American Medical Association passed away from pancreatic cancer in late '08. He was a physician in the health system that I work for and headed numerous research studies geared toward cancer prevention and wellness programs.. the irony.
Survival rates for colon cancer, if detected early are quite high. If it's limited to the colon, they can simply remove the colon and do some chemo to make sure it hadn't yet metastasized. Pancreatic cancer is much tougher to beat.
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02-07-2009, 04:10 AM
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But the reason why pancreatic cancer is so deadly statistically is because most cases are caught late-stage (read: end-stage). Only 1 in 10 cases is caught early, as Ginsburg's was. If caught early, prognosis can actually be good.
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02-05-2009, 03:27 PM
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I feel just awful - pancreatic cancer is just so painful! I hope she can beat this!
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02-05-2009, 05:18 PM
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02-06-2009, 11:07 AM
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I feel just awful - pancreatic cancer is just so painful! I hope she can beat this!
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I so hope she can beat this! 
This disease is striking my family right now (my MIL)
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02-05-2009, 05:36 PM
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Tough illness. I feel so bad for her.
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02-05-2009, 08:07 PM
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The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 5% ... I hope she beats the odds.
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02-06-2009, 12:19 AM
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02-06-2009, 11:41 AM
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She beat colon cancer I believe so hopefully she can get past this too.
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02-23-2009, 03:29 PM
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I read about that yesterday - what a jerk.
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