Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is now cancer-free
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she no longer has cancer, months after a diagnosis made the liberal Supreme Court justice's health a major concern for many Americans.
The 88-year-old justice announced her cancer-free status during a wide-ranging CNN interview on Tuesday in which she celebrated her successful treatment.
"I'm cancer-free," she said, noting she has resumed an active schedule.
"That's good," she added.
The most recent treatment was the fourth time the liberal justice has battled cancer since she was nominated to the court in 1993 by then-president Bill Clinton.
And it marked the second major scare during the Trump presidency, which has seen two new conservative Supreme Court justices who many progressives fear could reverse or undermine past legislative victories on issues ranging from women's rights to gun rights.
In 2018, Justice Ginsburg underwent surgery to remove two malignant nodules from her left lung, and doctors at the time determined that the cancer had not spread.
Before that, she underwent surgery in 2009 for early-stage pancreatic cancer, and for colon cancer in 1999. During the latter, did not miss a day on the bench.
Patients generally do not show symptoms of pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other organs, according to medical experts, at which point survival rates decrease significantly.
Justice Ginsburg is the senior member of the court's four liberals, a grouping that makes up a minority on the nine justice court.
The Supreme Court is this year is set to take up landmark cases on a range of issues including a Second Amendment case, an abortion case out of Louisiana and a case surrounding Democratic efforts to compel Mr Trump to release his tax returns.
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