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I don't understand. This post claims that the median survival period for this form of cancer is 10 years. So therefore, his survival (7-8 years), whether or no

• wvl 15y ago
  Did you not read the next 1.5 sentences? > but it depends on how soon it’s removed surgically. Steve caught his very early, and should have expected to survive much longer than a decade.
• bryanlarsen 15y ago
  Given how young Steve Jobs was when he was initially diagnosed in 2003, how good his health was, his ability to pay for the best treatment, his large support network and his insatiable drive, I would have expected better than median survival.
  • eru 15y ago
    Yes, though there's still a lot of chance involved. Young age does not necessarily help with fighting cancer. Younger people have a faster metabolism, and that often allows the tumour to grow faster than in older people.
• asr 15y ago
  The author argues that Steve's expected survival time was actually much higher than the median, because his cancer was detected early--and that the delay in pursuing traditional treatment (surgery) may have been responsible for the poor outcome. Basically, the article would have been clearer if the author had just left out the median in the first place, as he doesn't think it's relevant.