Chief Justice Rehnquist has cancer

[Avatar4321]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041025/pl_nm/court_rehnquist_dc_10

this should be more of an issue i think.

 

[no1tovote4]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041025/pl_nm/court_rehnquist_dc_10

this should be more of an issue i think.

This is a cancer with one of the highest cure rates, there is little doubt that Renquist will be back on the bench in no time.

 

[Avatar4321]

This is a cancer with one of the highest cure rates, there is little doubt that Renquist will be back on the bench in no time.

I certainly hope so. However, it does bring the judge issue to the table. It really should be getting more time.

 

[lilcountriegal]

This is a cancer with one of the highest cure rates, there is little doubt that Renquist will be back on the bench in no time.

Cancer is cancer... unpredictable. Actually Renquist just received a tracheotomy, which they (more often than not) only use when the cancer is of a more aggressive nature....

 

[no1tovote4]

Cancer is cancer... unpredictable. Actually Renquist just received a tracheotomy, which they (more often than not) only use when the cancer is of a more aggressive nature....

We'll see, Thyroid Cancer is very treatable and the removal of the thyroid (around the adams apple in the throat) is often necessary thus creating a need for a tracheotomy but almost never fatal.

There is of course a chance that he could die, and I agree that it should be out more and that is why I replied to the thread. It should be pressed forward into our minds, one of them could die in a car accident tomorrow.

 

[lilcountriegal]

We'll see, Thyroid Cancer is very treatable and the removal of the thyroid (around the adams apple in the throat) is often necessary thus creating a need for a tracheotomy but almost never fatal.

There is of course a chance that he could die, and I agree that it should be out more and that is why I replied to the thread. It should be pressed forward into our minds, one of them could die in a car accident tomorrow.

I completely agree about thyroid cancer being the most treatable. However, when I see the word "aggressive" in front of cancer, the possibility of metastases jumps to mind... in that case, given his age, odds are pretty much against him.