Apple CEO Jobs Says Has Cancer Surgery
Just found it... Very interesting...
AN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) Chief Executive Steve Jobs (news - web sites) has had successful surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, the company's co-founder told employees in a company-wide e-mail on Sunday that was made available to Reuters.
"This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my pancreas," Jobs wrote in the e-mail. "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).
He added that he "will not require any chemotherapy or radiation treatments.
Jobs wrote that he will recuperate during the month of August and expects to return to Cupertino, California-based Apple in September. He is also chief executive of animated film studio Pixar Inc.
Jobs said that, in his absence, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations, will run the day-to-day operations of Apple, maker of the Macintosh (news - web sites) computer and iPod portable digital music players.
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AN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) Chief Executive Steve Jobs (news - web sites) has had successful surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, the company's co-founder told employees in a company-wide e-mail on Sunday that was made available to Reuters.
"This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my pancreas," Jobs wrote in the e-mail. "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).
He added that he "will not require any chemotherapy or radiation treatments.
Jobs wrote that he will recuperate during the month of August and expects to return to Cupertino, California-based Apple in September. He is also chief executive of animated film studio Pixar Inc.
Jobs said that, in his absence, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations, will run the day-to-day operations of Apple, maker of the Macintosh (news - web sites) computer and iPod portable digital music players.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c&sid=95573661
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Everyone knows SJ is an alien sent to this planet to free us from the evil clutches of M$, and to lead us to the promise land of computing utopia.
Originally posted by Scott
If it's true I'd be pretty fucking worried if I were him.
All kidding aside, if he's got a "curable" type, he's about as lucky as one can get. According to this UK government statistics site, in the 1990s "Pancreatic cancer had the lowest five-year survival rate for both men and women ? around 2 per cent and 3 per cent respectively."
My best wishes to Steve and his family.
Originally posted by Voxapps
All kidding aside, if he's got a "curable" type, he's about as lucky as one can get. According to this UK government statistics site, in the 1990s "Pancreatic cancer had the lowest five-year survival rate for both men and women ? around 2 per cent and 3 per cent respectively."
Five year survival rate, heh. I bet the majority of those die within 18 months of diagnosis.
What Steve Jobs had removed was a pancreatic tumor of the islet neuroendocrine cell type. These are the cells that produce insulin and glucagon, the two hormones that tightly regulate the body's blood sugar. Since these are very important hormones, disturbances tend to show up early in the course of the disease, making early detection possible. As the articles are correctly pointing out, early detection and removal carry a good prognosis (5 year survival around 90% depending on which medical textbook and specialists you belive).
Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is a tumor of a whole other cell type in the pancreas. Among other things, these cells produce enzymes that are pumped into your small intestine after a meal. The enzymes then break down food into its consituent sugars, amino acids and fats. Disturbances in these enzymes are often much more subtle in their presentation. By the time someone feels as if something is wrong, the cancer has often spread to the point that very little can be done to help. That is why adenocarcinoma of the pancreas carries a much much worse prognosis (5 year survival around 2%, 2 year survival around 10%).
But alas, it's the non-lethal form of pancreatic cancer.
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health aside, a month without Steve is gonna be weird I'd imagine. I don't know how he will handle that?
and I think unfortunately this only adds more support for my belief that the iMac won't be introduced at Apple Expo paris.
i guess we'll see.
Originally posted by applenut
and I think unfortunately this only adds more support for my belief that the iMac won't be introduced at Apple Expo paris.
i guess we'll see.
I am sure you will agree with me that I would rather have Steve in good health then him announcing the new iMac under bad.
As much as I would hope that Steve is in good health, it also saddens me that people would post a very private e-mail he sent out to Apple employees. If he wanted the world to know of his conditions, Apple would have released a Press Release and made note of it on apple.com
Originally posted by Jared
I am sure you will agree with me that I would rather have Steve in good health then him announcing the new iMac under bad.
As much as I would hope that Steve is in good health, it also saddens me that people would post a very private e-mail he sent out to Apple employees. If he wanted the world to know of his conditions, Apple would have released a Press Release and made note of it on apple.com
Its the nature of the beast, apple has tons of employees, this would happen in any company, all romanticized fantasies aside, apple is a company, and as such I would be shocked if at some point this week they don?t make it officially public, the share holders have a right to know if the CEO has a potentially life threatening disease
Get well soon SJ.
Originally posted by onlooker
MacCentral has his email to Apple staff, and it says he's in full recovery, and he will need no radiation treatment, or usual cancer treatment stuff. He caught it in time. Thank god.