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I mean Steve Jobs tried to treat his completely curable pancreatic cancer, which was caught early, with alternative medicine and diet changes. The guy was a genius at some things, but not everything.

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When did pancreatic cancer get a reputation for being curable? I was under the impression that it is one of the most fatal cancers.

It was diagnosed very early, which made it much easier to handle.

He also had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer.

You are correct, most pancreatic adenocarcinomas are rapidly fatal. He had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, which is more treatable with resection and chemotherapy.

I don’t like how this comes up when Jobs is mentioned but I wanted to put a real reference here. Ignoring other factors a stage I patient is looking at 61%.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/detection-di...

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