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Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 following a scan that revealed a tumor on his pancreas 1 8. According to Jobs' own account of the events, doctors initially told him the condition was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable and that he should expect to live for only three to six months 4 9. This dire prognosis was delivered before a biopsy later that day revealed he actually had a rare, treatable form of pancreatic cancer known as an insulinoma 6 10. High credibility reports of his 2005 Stanford commencement speech confirm that he was indeed given this initial six month life expectancy estimate by his physicians 4. Although the cancer was eventually identified as a curable variety, the initial statement made by his doctors matches the claim 4 9.