Update 9:15 a.m. EST Dec. 26: In a statement obtained by CNN, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg was recuperating at home Wednesday after being released from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital yesterday and is recuperating at home, says Supreme Court spokeswoman. Ginsburg had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung Friday. There was no evidence of any remaining disease.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 26, 2018
Original report: In a statement, officials said Ginsburg, 85, underwent a pulmonary lobectomy Friday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
BREAKING: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy in NYC today to remove two nodules from her lung, which were determined to be malignant. "Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease," the court's public information office reports. pic.twitter.com/t4gGzi9Z2L
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 21, 2018
The incident marked Ginsburg's third bout with cancer since 1993, when she joined the Supreme Court, according to The Associated Press.
Doctors at George Washington University Hospital discovered a pair of nodules in the lower lobe of Ginsburg’s left lung in November, when the Supreme Court justice was hospitalized after breaking three ribs in a fall at her office.
After Friday’s surgery, doctors determined there was “no evidence of any remaining disease,” Supreme Court officials said. Scans performed before the surgery showed no evidence of cancerous growths or other disease elsewhere in Ginsburg’s body and no further treatment was immediately planned, official said.
Ginsburg was expected to remain hospitalized for a few days in the wake of Friday’s surgery.
The justice, who leads the court's liberal wing, is the eldest person on the Supreme Court. She previously underwent surgery for colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009, according to the AP.
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