Steve Jobs - Inside Job lyrics

Apple's newest addition to the iPhone family just shattered sales records, selling over 13 million units its opening weekend. So we thought it only fitting to take a moment and recognize the man who made it all possible- the late great Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. He died four years ago today from complications a**ociated with pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is a 6-inch long organ that kinda looks like a slug and sits behind the stomach. Its main function is to produce hormones that help break down fats and proteins. It also produces insulin which is the main hormone responsible for regulating blood sugar. Jobs was notoriously tight-lipped about his medical condition- to this day his EXACT cause of d**h remains uncertain. However, pancreatic cancer is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer related d**h in the U.S. 73% of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within a year of their diagnosis, however there are a handful of patients with rarer forms of the cancer that survive longer. Jobs himself lived for eight years after his initial diagnosis in 2003 because he had a form of pancreatic cancer that only affects 1% of all patients. Part of the reason pancreatic cancer is so lethal is because it is quite literally, an "Inside Job." The pancreas is buried deep in the abdomen which makes early detection rare. This symptoms of pancreatic cancer are very vague at first- intermittent abdominal pain or back pain that can be reflective of any number of illnesses. But adding unexplained weight loss, nausea, and jaundice to the mix raises suspicion. Unfortunately, because the symptoms are so vague, pancreatic cancer diagnoses are often only made at a late stage once the cancer has already spread to other parts of the body. Any kind of metastatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. Depending on where in the pancreas the cancer is, about 15% of patients can be cured by having their pancreas removed. Jobs successfully had a tumor from part of his pancreas extracted but suffered other complications including hormonal imbalances. He also underwent a liver transplant. Others undergo chemotherapy where they receive routine treatments of very potent d** that are targeted to k** the cancer cells. Others undergo radiation therapy in which beams of radiation are shot at the cancerous organ with the aim of reducing the tumor size. Ultimately, once the cancer has spread, the chance of being 100% cured is slim. At this point, most patients opt to enter palliative care which is designed to ease pain with the realization that the cancer will be terminal.