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He was superstitious when it came to medicine, and that lead to his death. His cancer was curable. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-job
by ip34162 6y ago
He was superstitious when it came to medicine, and that lead to his death. His cancer was curable.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-jobs-cancer-surgery-regret https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-job...
- prepend 6y agoI mean, it’s curable but the 5 year survival rate is only 5-10% [0] Jobs delaying treatment likely made it worse for him, but I don’t think it’s fair to say his disease was curable. Especially when compared to something like melanoma that’s 90% for five year survival [1]. Had his fruitarian tendencies led to him dying of hepatitis or something, that’s a different story. [0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-cancer-prognosis https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... [1] https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates-for-melanoma-skin-cancer-by-stage.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer/detection...
- matthewmacleod 6y agoIt's worth pointing out that Jobs specifically had an islet cell tumour, which is a pretty distinct form of pancreatic cancer and has a 5-year survival rate of maybe 50-60%. (This is not to make a point about any personal health decisions he may have taken, but just to clarify why you will often hear his cancer being described as "curable").
- prepend 6y agoThanks for clarifying the specific type of cancer. But I still think it’s inaccurate to call a 50-60% survival rate cancer as “curable.”
- ip34162 6y agoHe had a rare type of pancreatic cancer. // Jobs had a rare form of the cancer, known as neuroendocrine cancer, which grows more slowly and is easier to treat, explains Leonard Saltz, acting chief of the gastrointestinal oncology service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "Survival for many years or even decades with endocrine cancer is not surprising." For that type, the sort that Jobs had, "survival is measured in years, as opposed to pancreatic cancer, which is measured in months." // https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer-type-jobs/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pancreatic-cancer...