« Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs has had successful surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, the company's co-founder told employees in a company-wide e-mail that was made available to Reuters.

"This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from my pancreas," Jobs wrote in the e-mail on Sunday. "I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumour, which represents about 1 percent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was)."

[...] The charismatic Jobs, who returned in 1997 to the company he founded after being ousted years before, has been credited by analysts and investors for reviving its fortunes, turning out a spate of successful products such as the two versions of the iMac computer and the iPod.

After Jobs returned to the company, he slashed the number of product lines and pushed Apple to focus again on innovative industrial design and tight integration of its hardware and software. » [Reuters]