Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says That She's Cancer-Free

This year has been full of terrible news — and we're barely more than a week into it! — so how about we take a quick moment to appreciate a tidbit of something good.

In an interview with CNN, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg casually announced that she's cancer-free.

This brings a sigh of relief for all of us who have been holding our breath through the 86-year-old's latest struggle with the disease.

It was back in August 2019 that it was revealed that Ginsburg had just completed three weeks of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for a cancerous mass discovered in her pancreas.

This was the fourth round of cancer Ginsburg has defeated in two decades.

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And the second time she's battled a tumor in her pancreas. The last time was in 2009, when she underwent surgery after an early-stage tumor was discovered.

In 1999, she battled colon cancer with surgery, chemo, and radiation therapy while not missing a single day of work.

Most recently, Ginsburg had surgery for lung cancer in 2018.

After so many scares, it's no wonder fans of the "Notorious RBG" get antsy when another crops up.

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But in a rare interview with CNN in which she spoke about being part of the new liberal minority in the Supreme Court, Ginsburg slipped in a bit of good news: "I'm cancer free. That's good."

According to the reporter, she seemed energized and animated throughout the interview.

So maybe 2020 isn't going to be completely awful after all.

h/t: CNN

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