What We Learned About Steve Jobs' Health After His Death

Steve Jobs' Diagnosi

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Surgery And Alternative Medicine

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The Whipple Procedure

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Steve Jobs' Liver Transplant

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Radionuclide Therapy

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According to ABC, Jobs received peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. Per National Cancer Institute, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) involves the injection of a radioactive peptide.

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The therapy helps treat forms of neuroendocrine tumors by targeting and killing cancer cells while leaving the healthy cells unharmed.

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In late 2011, Jobs passed away at 56 years old, eight years after his initial diagnosis (via Pancreatic Cancer Action Network).

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