Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant nodules found in her left lung, the Supreme Court said.
Ginsburg, 85, is “resting comfortably” following the pulmonary lobectomy, which she underwent at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
The nodules were discovered in November after Ginsburg was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after she fell and fractured three ribs.
Ginsburg’s thoracic surgeon, Valerie Rusch, said the nodules were found to be malignant, but there is “no evidence of any remaining disease” following her surgery, according to the Supreme Court.
Scans that were performed before Ginsburg’s surgery “indicated no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body.” No further treatment is planned, the Supreme Court said.
Ginsburg has served on the Supreme Court for 25 years. She was nominated to the high court by former President Bill Clinton. The justice has had two previous bouts with cancer – she was was treated for colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009.
