LOS ANGELES – Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, has reportedly visited a cancer treatment clinic. Jobs, 55, who has been on medical leave since last month, was seen at the Stanford Cancer Centre in Palo Alto, California, according to celebrity news website.
Photographs of the Apple boss outside the centre, and looking thinner than usual, were published. They were taken a day after he put in a full day’s work at Apple on Feb 7.
Mr Jobs underwent a liver transplant in 2009 and, six years earlier, he was treated for a rare type of pancreatic cancer.
Surgery to treat that cancer was successful and he did not need chemotherapy or radiation treatment. In an email to employees last month, Jobs did not specify why he was taking medical leave. He said, “At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can.
In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.” Patrick Swayze, the late actor, was treated at the Stanford clinic before his death from pancreatic cancer in 2009.
