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And he is infamous for refusing medical treatment until it was too late. For months he tried alternative treatments, before saying he regretted it.
by willvarfar 7y ago
And he is infamous for refusing medical treatment until it was too late. For months he tried alternative treatments, before saying he regretted it.
- moralestapia 7y agoAnd it's been almost 10 years since that.
- Reason077 7y agoThe treatment you refer to was a “whipple” procedure, or pancreaticoduodenectomy. A very invasive procedure that has significant detrimental effects on your quality of life, and still doesn’t guarantee long-term survival. A tough call for even the most rational of patients.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y ago>Barrie R. Cassileth, the chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's integrative medicine department,[172] said, "Jobs's faith in alternative medicine likely cost him his life.... He had the only kind of pancreatic cancer that is treatable and curable.... He essentially committed suicide." I’m not sure it is that tough of a call.