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Steve Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery

Posted by timothy on from the get-well-soon-steve dept.

Zycom writes "Reuters reports that doctors successfully removed a cancerous tumor from the pancreas of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. In an e-mail he sent out from his hospital bed after the surgery he explained the disease, saying, "I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 1 percent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was)." He will not need to have any chemotherapy or radiation therapy and has an excellent prognosis. While he is recuperating, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations, will run the company."

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  1. Re:If I were the surgeon... by TiMac · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All kidding aside, I'm more than glad he's going to be okay. He's done more for the computer industry than most.

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  2. Re:No offense ... by telstar · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "But why slashdot of all places ?"
    • Simple as this ... no Steve Jobs ... no Apple computers ... no iMac, iCal, iPod, iBook ... you get the picture. He's one of the men that continues to shape the industry ... so when he goes under the knife, people tend to take notice.

  3. Re:Disgusting by aluminumcube · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Having been an EMT and having had a couple of family members suffer through various forms of cancer, let me give you a little piece of advice- humor is the glue that keeps people alive.

    I have yet to see a single comment that wished Steve harm or anything less then a full recovery. If someone had said something along those lines, it would be crossing the line into "Asshole Land," but surfing at +2 carma, I have seen nothing like that.

    Otherwise, lighten up. Cancer jokes are funny and the people that laugh at them the hardest are usually people who have/had it.

  4. Re:Steve is now a Type-1 Diabetic :-( by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unfortunately, there is not much economic incentive to find a cure for Diabetes...they just make too much damn money off those insulin shots.

    Your statement presumes that those who currently sell insulin would be able to prevent the sellers of a cure from getting it to market.

    -jcr

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  5. Re:Disgusting by tekunokurato · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a 22 year old cancer survivor and I don't need to say anything more than this: Laughter is the ONLY fucking way to get through this stuff.

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