Surgery would require insulin treatment, with risk of diabetes
(NEWSER) - Apple’s ailing CEO, who announced a 5-month leave of absence yesterday, may have his pancreas removed, doctors say. Steve Jobs had parts of it removed during surgery after a 2004 cancer diagnosis; now it may be necessary to remove the entire organ to avoid pancreatic leak, a potential side effect of the earlier procedure, Bloomberg reports. After the removal, Jobs would have to be on “signficant doses of insulin,” an expert says. More»
