Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces she is cancer free

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered the new year with a clean bill of health.

The 86-year-old was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009. In 2018, two malignant tumors were removed from her left lung, and last year, a cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. She underwent treatment, and told CNN in an interview published Wednesday, "I'm cancer free. That's good."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.