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Wasn't he cured?


You can't cure cancer. He was successfully treated and I believe the cancer went into remission, but to say the prognosis is grim might be the understatement of the millenium. Less than 5% of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer survive 5 years. Median survival is only 3-6 months from diagnosis. It is an extremely efficient killer.


> Less than 5% of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer survive 5 years.

It's my understanding that pancreatic cancer survival rates vary significantly by type and that Jobs has an (extremely) rare type that has fairly good survival rates.


I hope so.


Probably, but there's always a risk that it might come back. Or it could be something else all together. Either way he won't live forever.


He apparantly had a heart attack a couple days ago.


Are you talking about the fake CNN iReport?




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