“That pancreatic cancer was cured a number of years ago”
Oh, I see it was cured but then somehow made its way to his liver. Thank you doctor, please tell me more...
Oh, I see it was cured but then somehow made its way to his liver. Thank you doctor, please tell me more...
No need to rush off and get that medical degree... just take a few remedial reading courses..., nothing else needed... LOL...
The information was already supplied from Apple and Steve Jobs and another reporter who was given access to the medical records, to review to write an article about it (by Steve Jobs) -- and it showed that he did not have pancreatic cancer (i.e., that it was cured).
As is typical with Apple and Steve Jobs, rumors always abound, but the actual hard news is also always available, too... :-)
In mid-2004, Jobs announced to his employees that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his pancreas.[61] The prognosis for pancreatic cancer is usually very grim; Jobs, however, stated that he had a rare, far less aggressive type known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.[61] After initially resisting the idea of conventional medical intervention and embarking on a special diet to thwart the disease, Jobs underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (or "Whipple procedure") in July 2004 that appeared to successfully remove the tumor.[62][63] Jobs apparently did not require nor receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy.[61][64] During Jobs' absence, Timothy D. Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations at Apple, ran the company.[61]
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#Health_concerns ]
Steve Jobs, the charismatic chief executive who is the driving force behind both Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, said Sunday he has undergone a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas.
Jobs, 49, said in an e-mail to Apple employees that he will take the month of August off to recuperate, and expects to recover from the rare but treatable form of pancreatic cancer. He plans to return to work in September. "I have some personal news that I need to share with you, and I wanted you to hear it directly from me,'' Jobs said in the message, which he sent from his hospital bed. "I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 1 percent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was). I will not require any chemotherapy or radiation treatments.''
[ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/02/MNGMJ816F41.DTL ]
The New York Times published an article based on an off-the-record phone conversation with Jobs, noting that "while his health issues have amounted to a good deal more than 'a common bug,' they weren’t life-threatening and he doesn’t have a recurrence of cancer."[74]
A German study comparing the long-term effects of two variations of the Whipple procedure on 104 patients found an increase in diabetes and various degrees of gastric acid reflux, stomach ulcers, oily bowel movements, intolerance toward larger meals and aversion to certain foods. (Annals of Surgery, 2005)
Along with the digestive problems, patients often lose 5% to 10% of their body weight after the procedure. Weight stabilizes within the first year or two for the vast majority of patients, says Dr. Dilip Parekh, chief of tumor and endocrine surgery at the University of Southern California, who has performed more than 100 Whipple procedures. “There is a small group of people who tend to have persistent problems with weight loss and loss of energy and you often you are not able to pinpoint why,” he says. “But if they stay active and manage their nutrition well, there is no reason for them not to live a normal life.”
Jobs has never spoken publicly about what life is like after the Whipple, so we can’t be sure that he has any of the post-operative problems associated with the procedure. But they would go long way toward explaining why he looked the way did on Monday. And none of them would indicate that his cancer has returned, or that his capacity for work is diminished. Post-operative guides for patients suggest that there will be lifestyle changes but that they need not be drastic. And a survey of patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital found that the overall quality of life of long-term survivors of the surgery is nearly comparable to that of healthy people.
[ http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/13/steve-jobs-life-after-the-whipple/ ]