STEVE JOBS–HIS BEST QUOTES TO REMEMBER HIM BY

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This article focuses on his medical history.
Steve Jobs Medical History and media and market reactions

Mid-2004 – Steve Jobs announced that he had a cancerous tumor in his pancreas. Pancreatic cancer usually has a poor prognosis; it is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the USA, Europe and much of the rest of the world. The 1-year survival rate (average) is 25%, and 6% for 5 years. Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest fatality rates of all cancers.

However, Jobs said his tumor was a rare, considerably less aggressive form, known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. At first, he resisted undergoing traditional therapies and went on a special diet in an attempt to treat the disease.
July 2004 – Jobs underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy – the tumor surgically removed, known as a Whipple procedure. The operation appeared to be a success. He did not have to undergo radiotherapy or chemotherapy. While he was away from work, head of global sales and operations in the company, Tim Cook, ran Apple.
2005 – He commenced a speech to students at Stanford University in which he explained that for him, the frailty of life has been a driving force behind his approach to business. He said:

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important thing I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
August 2006 – there was some speculation that there might be something wrong with his health when he delivered a speech at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. He was described by the media as “thin, almost gaunt”, and his presentation was quoted as being “listless”. Large parts of his keynote were done by other presenters. However, according to media sources that interviewed conference delegates who met Jobs in person, he looked fine. A spokesperson for the company said “Steve’s health is robust.”
August 2008 – again at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, concerns about his health returned. The media was told that he was on antibiotics and had a “common bug”. Some people suggested that the Whipple procedure had affected him.

Questions became more insistent about his health. While some insisted it was a private matter, others stressed that shareholders had a right to know, given the man’s hands-on approach to the running of Apple.

A New York Times journalist, based on an unofficial telephone conversation with Jobs, wrote “..while his health issues have amounted to a good deal more than ‘a common bug,’ they weren’t life-threatening and he doesn’t have a recurrence of cancer.”