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> ... Steve Jobs had not been as wealthy and powerful as they had been, they would also both probably be alive. Steve Jobs got pancreatic cancer, IIRC. Which h
by jabl 10y ago
> ... Steve Jobs had not been as wealthy and powerful as they had been, they would also both probably be alive.
Steve Jobs got pancreatic cancer, IIRC. Which has a pretty low survival rate, per wikipedia 5% after 5 years from initial diagnosis. So most likely he'd be dead by now no matter what he would have done.
- bipson 10y agoNot all pancreatic cancer is alike. IIRC he had a variant that would have had a ~80% chance of a favorable outcome, given he would have chosen the generally advised treatment
- jabl 10y agoOh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction.
- djsumdog 10y agoExcept that it was most likely caused by his high fruit diet. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/11/all-fruit-diet.aspx http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/1... http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2013/02/07/ashton-kutchers-fruitarian-diet-what-went-wrong http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2013/02/07/ash...