webmd里这么说的：

Did Delaying Surgery Hurt Jobs’ Chances of Surviving Pancreatic Cancer?

Once it was clear that Jobs had the rare islet-cell pancreatic cancer, there was an excellent chance of a cure. According to Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist Maged Rizk, MD, there’s an overall 80% to 90% chance of 5-year survival. In the world of cancer survival, that’s a huge milestone.

“I don’t think waiting nine months for surgery was a bad decision,” Rizk tells WebMD. “Especially if it is limited disease, especially if it is an islet-cell tumor and the cells are [typical of early cancer], and as long as you don’t have symptoms, you can sit on it a bit.”

So why wasn’t Jobs cured? “He was unlucky,” Rizk says.

至少有医生认为他并没有对此有什么决策错误。是否做手术也都是根据情况的。