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Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with pancreatic cancer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - the only woman on the bench -- underwent surgery in Manhattan Thursday for what was described as an early-stage pancreatic tumor.

The cancer was diagnosed last month at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., but Ginsburg, a native of New York, chose to have cancer surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

A spokeswoman...

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