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Re:Steve Jobs emails himself (2010) by happyhardcore on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:02AM (#32764286)
Pancreatic cancer actually has one of the worst survival rates; in the UK around 25% of people diagnosed survive past a year, with 5% living more than five years after diagnosis [0]. Chemo in those circumstances often has the effect of prolonging life while significantly decreasing the quality of life, and as such many people choose not to go through with it.

[0] https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/pancreatic-can...

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Re:Steve Jobs emails himself (2010) by ninkendo on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:23AM (#32764469)
Right but Steve had a rare version of pancreatic cancer that was totally curable and had good odds of success. But he waited too long while wasting his time with at-home remedies (an all-fruit diet, which actually made things worse), and by the time he followed his doctor’s advice it was too late:

https://blogs.webmd.com/from-our-archives/20111006/steve-job...

> Once it was clear that Jobs had the rare islet-cell pancreatic cancer, there was an excellent chance of a cure. According to Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist Maged Rizk, MD, there’s an overall 80% to 90% chance of 5-year survival. In the world of cancer survival, that’s a huge milestone.

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Re:Steve Jobs emails himself (2010) by happyhardcore on Thursday September 08, 2022 @10:27AM (#32766038)
Ah, TIL. Thanks for clearing that up!
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