In October 2013, Jobs was diagnosed with cancer. In mid-2004, he announced to his employee that he had a cancerous tumour in his pancreas.
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The prognosis for pancreatic ulcers is usually very poor; Jobs stated that he had a rare, much less aggressive type, known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumour.
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Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California, home around 3 pm on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, which resulted in respiratory arrest.
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How long did Steve Jobs live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?
Steve Jobs survived eight years before dying of the disease on October 5, 2011. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 10%.
“The fact that he only lived for seven years after his diagnosis, but was also amazingly productive and made so many contributions after his diagnosis, it’s inspiring”. Libutti said.
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