The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Steve Jobs traveled to Tennessee to have a liver transplant around two months ago. He is recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.
Bloomberg originally reported that Jobs was considering a liver transplant on January 16th. They cited people monitoring his illness and said it was a result of complications after treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004. When contacted by Bloomberg, Jobs said: “Why don’t you guys leave me alone -- why is this important?”
the transplant might work out well in a patient whose neuroendocrine cancer began in the pancreas, in part because this tumor type often spreads only to the liver and grows so slowly. Even after having had a Whipple procedure, a patient might expect to have good
