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Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after surgery to remove cancerous growths

WATCH ABOVE: Ruth Bader Ginsburg recovering at home after released from hospital following cancer surgery – Dec 26, 2018

A spokeswoman for the Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital after cancer surgery.

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Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says Ginsburg left New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on Tuesday and is now “recuperating at home.”

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“Justice Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital yesterday and is recuperating at home,” spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement. Ginsburg underwent surgery in New York on Friday to remove two cancerous nodules in her left lung.

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Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung. Doctors say there is no evidence of any remaining disease.

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Now 85, the justice has been treated for cancer two other times. Last month she cracked three ribs in a fall at the court. Despite her health problems, Ginsburg has never missed arguments.

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The court next meets on Jan. 7.

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