Pancreatic cancer is *extremely* fatal. It's *very* hard to diagnose early on. Most people who get it die within six months of their diagnosis.
Lisa, you are right. Prostate and ovarian cancer are pretty much the worst kinds of cancer around because the soft glandular tissue of the ovaries and prostate are the richest, most nutritious fuel available for rapid cancer growth. Pancreatic cancer is what actor Patrick Swayze has.
Still, Jobs is not helping anything with this bizarre little hiding game. Since it is already known he has a cancer history, he should just be open with it if he is facing a life-threatening medical crisis. This game is proving to be very detrimental to his company because of what it is doing to the minds of investors (and many of you know what my opinion of the whole stock market it, but it's the backbone of our economy, and nothing's gonna change that for the foreseeable future).