Steve Jobs Has Hormone Imbalance, Will Remain CEO
Steve Jobs, looking to end health rumors, says he has a hormone imbalance
Jobs announced in 2004 that he had undergone successful surgery to treat a form of pancreatic cancer — an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. The cancer is extremely rare and easily cured if diagnosed early. Jobs did not have a deadlier and more common form of pancreatic cancer, called adenocarcinoma.

In this Sept. 9, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement in San...

In this Sept. 9, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement in San Francisco. Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormonal imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health.

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