See my comment at 5:13. She may have caught lightning in a bottle.

Else, all you cited is true. Ghastly.

Apparently this was found on routine annual screen. A 1 centimeter tumor. (That's small for size at diagnosis.) The problem with pancreatic cancer is that generally by the time it becomes symptomatic the damage is already done: metastatic disease. Evil disease.

She may be lucky. For her, and her sphere of loved ones, we hope.

Let’s hope they caught it in time.

James, there is no “in time” for pancreatic cancer. The 5 year survival rate is about 5%. The only likely surgical intervention for pancreatic cancer is the Whipple procedure (it's been rumored that Steve Jobs has had that).

That's a fairly drastic surgical intervention. It consists in removing half of the stomach, the gall bladder, part of the common bile duct, the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, proximal jejunum, and adjacent lymph nodes. Basically, they cut you open and remove a good chunk of your digestive system.

It's sad that anyone should have to go through this and the justice has my deepest sympathy and good wishes.

Much of Justice Ginsburg's energy will be devoted to her treatment and making whatever preparations she must for her death.

He died there.

I have never agreed with her decisions or votes on the SC bench.
But, you can put all that aside in the face of personal illness.

We can disagree about legal and political issues, but, we all can hope and pray for one another about health issues.

There are basically two forms. And survival rates for the worst form are measured in months, if not weeks. The other form is only marginally better. Maybe you get a year to 18 months.

Best hopes to the Justice.