In an extensive article published by Fortune on which Steve Jobs has declined to comment, the business publication claims that the Apple CEO concealed the fact that he had cancer for nine-months only telling an intimate circle of people.
The companies board of directors reportedly agonised over the situation as they struggled to balance moral and business responsibilities, while Jobs appealed for privacy.
After seeking advice from two external lawyers the board decided not to act upon the news and respect Jobs’ wishes.
Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumour in October 2003. Jobs was told that the prognosis would be promising if the tumour was surgically removed.
But to the surprise of many, Jobs considered avoiding surgery altogether and attempt “to employ alternative methods to treat his pancreatic cancer, hoping to avoid the operation through a special diet - a course of action that hasn’t been disclosed until now.”
In the end Jobs had surgery on July 31, 2004 at Stanford University Medial Center in Pala Alto. The following day Jobs revealed to Apple employees via email that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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