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Steve Jobs Is Receiving Cancer Treatment at a Clinic in Stanford
- arst 16y agoWe know he has cancer, and we know he is taking a medical leave of absence. How is it news that he is receiving cancer treatment?
- sabat 16y agoIt's just confirmation. The judgement from the (uninvolved) doctor that Jobs looks like he may have six weeks to live -- that's ominous. And probably not true, given that this guy's judging by someone's appearance in a photo.
- lancefisher 16y ago"Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks." How on earth can you deduce that from looking at some photos?
- hyperbovine 16y agoEasy: be a sleazy doctor and market yourself as the go-to guy for tabloid news money quotes.
- gyardley 16y agoCachexia, the loss of muscle mass to the point where it's unlikely you'll recover from it, is unfortunately both common in end-stage cancer patients and pretty obvious. May you never see it in anyone you care about.
- olivercameron 16y agoFrom personal experience (My Dad died from pancreatic cancer), if the cancer has re-appeared, Steve's odd's are not good at all. Beating it once is never a guarantee that it's completely gone, and beating it a second time is relatively unheard for cancer of the pancreas. Of course, this sort of speculation has no place in the news, especially basing it on a diagnosis through pictures. The doctor who is quoted should be ashamed of himself, no reputable doctor should engage in gossip.
- sabat 16y agoOn the positive side, Steve previously had a rare, treatable form of pancreatic cancer (see http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/02/MNGMJ816F41.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/...). If this is a recurrence of that, and they've caught it in time, then the odds may be significantly better.
- olivercameron 16y agoThe treatment the first time around damages your body an absolutely immense amount, I can't even imagine the toll it must take a second time around. I have an infinite amount of respect for cancer sufferers.
- sabat 16y agoFrom what I read, Steve had no chemo or radiation -- just an operation to remove the tumor.
- moe 16y agoEveryone involved with that tasteless speculation should be ashamed of themselves.
- metageek 16y agoThis is none of our damn business.
- Dylanlacey 16y agoI hope he gets every chance he can, because I hope everyone with a horrible disease gets every chance they can. And the speculating doctor ought to be ashamed. "First do no harm" doesn't specifically exclude reputations or privacy.