Ginsburg pancreatic cancer

[rero360]

Surprised I haven’t seen anyone post about it yet. RBG was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer again, 4th bout of cancer so far, pancreatic in 1999, colorectal in 2009 I believe, two tumors on her lung over the winter and now PAC again. From all the articles I’ve read, they have been very tight lipped on the details, just that they did three weeks of radiation and installed a stent in her bile duct.

From reading the opinions of some medical folks who deal with oncology, they say that given the information made public, they give her no more than a year to last, but probably closer to 3 months.

I hope she retires from the bench and spend her remaining time with friends and family.

[Arik]

I thought pancreatic cancer was not survivable?!?! With early detection, proper meds and some luck the best is a 5 year survival rate

Combined 1 year survival rate is 20% and 5 year rate is 7%.

I had a reletive who was diagnosed a few years ago right before the Christmas holidays. He was dead by May

[Firefly]

On one hand, I admire her sheer will. Having lost loved ones to cancer. It takes a will bordering on the supernatural to keep going when educated doctors tell you that you should not be alive.

However she is simply medically unfit now and I would hope she is professional enough to step down with some dignity and not allow her last days to become part of political theatre

[sundance435]

I thought pancreatic cancer was not survivable?!?! With early detection, proper meds and some luck the best is a 5 year survival rate

Combined 1 year survival rate is 20% and 5 year rate is 7%.

I had a reletive who was diagnosed a few years ago right before the Christmas holidays. He was dead by May

Even 8 years ago it was basically a death sentence, like <3% out to 5 years, but my understanding is that treatment has come a long way. Probably closer to 20-25% now for Stage III. I think the main problem is reliably diagnosing it early enough. Still one of the worst diagnoses you could get.

[Alex V]

On one hand, I admire her sheer will. Having lost loved ones to cancer. It takes a will bordering on the supernatural to keep going when educated doctors tell you that you should not be alive.

However she is simply medically unfit now and I would hope she is professional enough to step down with some dignity and not allow her last days to become part of political theatre

I wonder how much of it is her stubbornness and how much of it is every democrat on the country telling her she can’t step down?

[Arik]

Even 8 years ago it was basically a death sentence, like <3% out to 5 years, but my understanding is that treatment has come a long way. Probably closer to 20-25% now for Stage III. I think the main problem is reliably diagnosing it early enough. Still one of the worst diagnoses you could get.

You may be right, I don't follow it just know about it because of a reletive from a few years ago. However, OP states her FIRST time was in 99!!

[Hmac]

There are different types of what the news media calls "pancreatic cancer", their assumption that that is the appropriate category for any cancer that happens to reside in the pancreas. Very different biological behaviors, different treatments, different prognoses.

Her original "pancreatic cancer" was likely some kind of neuroendocrine tumor (think milder stage of Steve Jobs) as opposed to an adenocarcinoma (think Patrick Swayze or Michael Landon). This time, the fact that she had radiation and a bile duct stent has me thinking Patrick Swayze. If they didn't operate and just stented....that says to me "palliative care".

[OldState]

My Grandfather died of it within 6 months of diagnosis. The thing is most people don’t find it until it’s too late and pancreatic cancer is very aggressive....as are all adenocarcinomas. Sounds like they are screening her on a regular basis though and would therefore find something very early.

Don’t think she will retire while Trump is president. If he loses in 2020 I guarantee it’s the first thing she does. Otherwise the left will keep her on the bench in anyway possible

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[ABNAK]

There are different types of what the news media calls "pancreatic cancer", their assumption that that is the appropriate category for any cancer that happens to reside in the pancreas. Very different biological behaviors, different treatments, different prognoses.

Her original "pancreatic cancer" was likely some kind of neuroendocrine tumor (think milder stage of Steve Jobs) as opposed to an adenocarcinoma (think Patrick Swayze or Michael Landon). This time, the fact that she had radiation and a bile duct stent has me thinking Patrick Swayze. If they didn't operate and just stented....that says to me "palliative care".

Wonder if she's had a Whipple previously? You're a general surgeon, is that something you would do or have done?

I despise RBG with all my being, and her f****d-up libtard views. That said, FVCK CANCER!

[Diamondback]

My Grandfather died of it within 6 months of diagnosis. The thing is most people don’t find it until it’s too late and pancreatic cancer is very aggressive....as are all adenocarcinomas. Sounds like they are screening her on a regular basis though and would therefore find something very early.

Don’t think she will retire while Trump is president. If he loses in 2020 I guarantee it’s the first thing she does. Otherwise the left will keep her on the bench in anyway possible

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