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Andrew Weil, M.D. | December 1, 2011. 2 min. I, too, have read that Steve Jobs postponed recommended surgery and conventional treatment for his cancer. Jobs had a neuroendocrine tumor, a relatively rare type of pancreatic cancer, sometimes curable by early surgery (it is not as deadly or aggressive as the most common form of pancreatic cancer).
Oct 6, 2011 · What Mr. Jobs had is a more unusual type of cancer, which is a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. And these tumors, we think, arise from the islet cells in the pancreas — the cells that make hormones.
Apr 18, 2024 · Doctors discovered Jobs’ cancer via a CT scan of his kidneys (the pancreas is near the left kidney). Jobs said in his biography that his urologist wanted him to get the scan due to a prior issue with kidney stones. They found a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare form of the disease. Steve Jobs (left) and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple, 1977 ...
Oct 6, 2011 · Pictures: Pancreatic cancer spotlighted by Steve Jobs' death. Steve Jobs had battled a rare type of slow-growing pancreatic cancer for more than seven years. Medical experts say his need for a ...
Jan 5, 2009 · Steve Jobs may have symptoms that resemble Type 1 diabetes, a noted endocrinologist said Monday, and he could be treated with insulin. ... caused by the removal of the cancerous tumor four years ...
Oct 14, 2011 · After Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2003, he allegedly delayed surgery to remove the tumor — the recommended treatment — for nine months. During that ...
Jun 23, 2009 · The dark theories are a holdover from the case of Mickey Mantle, who waited all of one day for a liver in 1995, and then died from liver cancer anyway, just two months later. In Mr. Jobs’s case, doctors say there was no need, and little opportunity, to cheat the system. Under current procedures, any transplant center ranks potential liver ...
