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They list Steve Jobs as dying from pancreatic cancer but that's not really correct as it was a different type than the aggressive cancer for which the advancement was made.

Steve had an islet cell neuroendocrine cancer which is much more rare.

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Yes, it's much more rare and completely curable simply by cutting the bad part off. But Jobs chose a diet of fruit juice and hubris (mostly hubris) to try and fix it and he died because of it.

Yep. My ex-wife has it and used it to gain sympathy and alimony but her tumors are non-functional and not growing. She discovered it in the late 80s(37 years ago).

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