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It's a good thing there is a Democrat in the White House, for USSC Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease.

However, the reports say doctors caught it in the early stages.

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A CAT scan revealed a tumor measuring about 1 centimeter across the center of the pancreas, the court said.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers: Nearly 38,000 cases a year are diagnosed and overall, fewer than 5 percent survive five years.

The reason: Fewer than one in 10 cases are diagnosed at an early stage—like Ginsburg's appears to be—before the cancer has begun spreading through the abdomen and beyond. That's because early pancreatic cancer produces few symptoms other than vague indigestion.

Even when caught early, surgery for pancreatic cancer is arduous. Doctors typically remove parts of the pancreas, stomach and intestines. Radiation and chemotherapy are common after surgery.

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