Why Jobs decided not to fight cancer

The answer to this question is very controversial wanted to get Quora users. The most detailed and plausible theory cited Ramzi Amri, fairly well-known American oncosurgeon. His response, we decided to share with you.

The following direct speech.

I've been hesitant to answer this question, but still decided to speak out. Everything I write below is based on publicly available information from public sources. This is my opinion and I do not pretend to be objective. I was not involved in the treatment of Mr. Jobs, and my conclusions are based on data from his illness, which lie in the public domain.

I spent one and a half year study of a type of tumor, the one that was found in Jobs. I'll start with the most important:

Before you go through a standard course of treatment, Jobs tried all the alternative methods.

It is the right of every person and no one dare to condemn him for it, however, my opinion is that if Jobs chose the standard treatment, it might have allowed him to recover.

Firstly, a neuroendocrine tumor was, and this type of cancer is much less dangerous than cancer of the stomach, which erroneously awarded Jobs media. The main negative effect of neuroendocrine tumors is that it affects the functioning of the whole body, as it violates the balance of hormone production.

Moreover, the tumor can be detected in time to operate. The risk in operation is relatively low. In most cases, the excision of the tumor is sufficient, and no relapse.

Here are some facts about the disease Jobs:

1. Jobs himself said that the tumor was found at an early stage. This means that it can operate and the success rate of the operation was very high.
2. The tumor was located in the area legkooperabelnoy - pancreas.
3. Type of tumor - insulinoma. This is one of the most successfully operated types.

Undoubtedly, the time spent on alternative treatments given cancer the opportunity to increase in size.

Jobs was a thinker, a supporter of the Eastern culture, vegetarian and skeptical of modern medicine. People who nepriemlyut standard treatments are many and they are entitled to make such a choice.

If a person is mentally healthy, we can not force him to use a standard treatment and, often, these questions - an ethical puzzle. Either you give a person to manage their own destiny, or try to force it to be treated proven methods. And even such an outstanding person like Jobs could not do anything to stop cancer and for him it was as deadly as it is for many others. A judge people for this choice - it is silly.