Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery
Team,
I have some personal news that I need to share with you, and I wanted you to hear it directly from me. This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my pancreas. I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 1% 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.
The far more common form of pancreatic cancer is called adenocarcinoma, which is currently not curable and usually carries a life expectancy of around one year after diagnosis. I mention this because when one hears "pancreatic cancer" (or Googles it), one immediately encounters this far more common and deadly form, which, thank god, is not what I had.
I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September. While I'm out, I've asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple's day to day operations, so we shouldn't miss a beat. I'm sure I'll be calling some of you way too much in August, and I look forward to seeing you in September.
Steve
PS: I'm sending this from my hospital bed using my 17-inch PowerBook and an Airport Express.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Steve Jobs 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 computer and iPod portable digital music players.
ps - story found on macminute
he's very lucky - usually pancreatic cancer is quickly fatal in most cases...
I imagine, what with its critical role in the endocrine and digestive systems.
he's very lucky - usually pancreatic cancer is quickly fatal in most cases...
Duff-Man says...A very good friend of mine had her mother die from pancreatic cancer...she was quite young too but once it gets to a certain stage it is very difficult to cure no matter what you try....very glad to hear that Steve had his diagnosed and looked after quickly....oh yeah!
Duff-Man says...A very good friend of mine had her mother die from pancreatic cancer...she was quite young too but once it gets to a certain stage it is very difficult to cure no matter what you try....very glad to hear that Steve had his diagnosed and looked after quickly....oh yeah!
my grandmother died from it, not young but mid-60s...not old either.
anyway glad to hear that steve's variant of it is fully treatable by surgery
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