Cachexia, the loss of muscle mass to the point where it's unlikely you'll recover from it, is unfortunately both common in end-stage cancer patients and pretty obvious. May you never see it in anyone you care about.
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.
On the positive side, Steve previously had a rare, treatable form of pancreatic cancer (see http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/...). If this is a recurrence of that, and they've caught it in time, then the odds may be significantly better.
It's just confirmation. The judgement from the (uninvolved) doctor that Jobs looks like he may have six weeks to live -- that's ominous. And probably not true, given that this guy's judging by someone's appearance in a photo.
[+] [-] metageek|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] lancefisher|15 years ago|reply
How on earth can you deduce that from looking at some photos?
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[+] [-] olivercameron|15 years ago|reply
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.
[+] [-] sabat|15 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] Dylanlacey|15 years ago|reply
And the speculating doctor ought to be ashamed. "First do no harm" doesn't specifically exclude reputations or privacy.
[+] [-] moe|15 years ago|reply