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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Recovering After Surgery For Early Stage Lung Cancer

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Doctors performed a lobectomy on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New York. The 85-year-old Supreme Court justice, who was diagnosed with early stage lung cancer after a fall in November, has a good prognosis to make a full recovery. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg).

This segment aired on December 21, 2018.

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