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> the statistics show that people who skip the N+1th round of chemo and switch to hospice care have better outcomes.

Have you even read the article? This was not a case of choice between living two months with chemo or one month without. The cancer was detected early enough and the treatment prospects were excellent. But, no doubt influenced by irresponsible propaganda about the "cold, alienated approach of aggressive medical treatment", Jobs decided to wait a few crucial months while trying alternative medicine (and had the surgery anyways, except with less favorable prospects, due to the delay).




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