Steve Jobs Is Receiving Cancer Treatment at a Clinic in Stanford

This is none of our damn business.

"Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks."

How on earth can you deduce that from looking at some photos?

From personal experience (My Dad died from pancreatic cancer), if the cancer has re-appeared, Steve's odd's are not good at all. Beating it once is never a guarantee that it's completely gone, and beating it a second time is relatively unheard for cancer of the pancreas.

Of course, this sort of speculation has no place in the news, especially basing it on a diagnosis through pictures. The doctor who is quoted should be ashamed of himself, no reputable doctor should engage in gossip.

We know he has cancer, and we know he is taking a medical leave of absence. How is it news that he is receiving cancer treatment?

I hope he gets every chance he can, because I hope everyone with a horrible disease gets every chance they can.

And the speculating doctor ought to be ashamed. "First do no harm" doesn't specifically exclude reputations or privacy.

Everyone involved with that tasteless speculation should be ashamed of themselves.