US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
underwent surgery Thursday for pancreatic cancer and will remain in hospital at
least a week, the country's top court said in a statement, dpa reported.
Ginsburg, 75, was discovered to have a small tumour in the pancreas during a
routine check-up in January. She was operated on successfully at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre but would remain at the hospital for 7-10
days, the court said.
Ginsburg is considered one of the more left-leaning of the court's nine
justices. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by former president Bill
Clinton in 1993.
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