Apple founder Steve Jobs has lost an alarming amount of weight and is reportedly sicker than has been previously admitted.
The 55-year-old computer genius announced in late January that 'at my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health'.
Since then, Apple employees have claimed that he can still be seen at the company's headquarters in California and is also calling all the strategic shots from his home.
But today shocking new pictures were published in the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer which suggests things are worse than Apple would have the world believe.
The Enquirer claims that the man behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad is stricken with pancreatic cancer and may have just six weeks to live.
The new photos show Mr Jobs looking painfully frail and weak, with his jeans and dark top hanging loosely on his 6ft 2in, rail-thin body.
The pictures are not yet available online and so far the graphic images have not had an effect on Apple's share price which today closed up slightly at 363.13.
The photos, which were taken on February 8, showed Mr Jobs going for breakfast with his wife Laurene Powell before heading to the Stanford Cancer Centre in California.
Dr Jerome Spunberg said: 'Mr Jobs is most likely getting outpatient chemotherapy at Stanford because the cancer has recurred.'
Dr Gabe Mirkin, a physician with 40 years' experience, said: 'He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie deprivation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go.
'He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb.'
Critical care physician Dr Samuel Jacobson also told the Enquirer: 'Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.
'He is emaciated and looks to have lost a lot of muscle mass, which spells a poor prognosis.'
A source who recently saw Mr Jobs added: 'He is very frail, moving like a weak, feeble old man.'
'He weaves back and forth when he walks, as if he is having trouble keeping his balance, and the pain of every step is evident on his face.'
The Apple CEO, who is worth $6billion, is putting up an amazingly brave battle and even did a full day's work on February 7, the day before he went to the Cancer Centre.
He is determined to continue with plans to build a new $8million home after finally winning permission to demolish his home in Woodside, California, following a ten-year battle with preservationists.
Mr Jobs, who is currently on his third medical leave, has battled a rare form of pancreatic cancer for seven years and had a liver transplant in 2009.
He travelled to Switzerland that year for treatments unavailable in the U.S.
Only about 4 per cent of patients with any form of pancreatic cancer live longer than five years, the Enquirer reports.
Actor Patrick Swayze died in September 2009 of the same disease. Like Mr Jobs, he bravely fought it and worked on his memoirs right up until his death.
Medical experts, however, say Mr Jobs's disease is a much slower moving form of cancer than the type that killed the popular star of movies such as Dirty Dancing and Ghost.
The photos were published a day after Apple unveiled its new subscription policy which enables newspaper and magazine publishers to sell subscriptions by the week, month, year or other period of time, instead of asking readers to buy each issue separately.
The extra convenience should help publishers sell more digital copies as they look to smartphones and tablet computers to replace some of the revenue that has been lost in recent years as readers and advertisers migrate from print editions.
Mr Jobs put out a statement yesterday saying: 'We believe that this innovative subscription service will provide publishers with a brand new opportunity to expand digital access to their content onto the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, delighting both new and existing subscribers.'
Mail Online last week reported how Apple had almost $10billion wiped off its value in just four minutes after investors took a bite out of the tech giant.
Market analysts blamed the flash plunge on unsubstantiated rumours that Apple founder Steve Jobs was in hospital.
An Apple spokesman did not comment on the new photos.
But today shocking new pictures were published in the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer which suggests things are worse than Apple would have the world believe.
The Enquirer claims that the man behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad is stricken with pancreatic cancer and may have just six weeks to live.
The new photos show Mr Jobs looking painfully frail and weak, with his jeans and dark top hanging loosely on his 6ft 2in, rail-thin body.
The pictures are not yet available online and so far the graphic images have not had an effect on Apple's share price which today closed up slightly at 363.13.
Mr Jobs's weight is said to have dropped from a pre-cancer 175lb to 130lb now, according to the National Enquirer.
His thinning hair is a sign of the effects of the advanced chemotherapy usually used to treat the disease.The photos, which were taken on February 8, showed Mr Jobs going for breakfast with his wife Laurene Powell before heading to the Stanford Cancer Centre in California.
Dr Jerome Spunberg said: 'Mr Jobs is most likely getting outpatient chemotherapy at Stanford because the cancer has recurred.'
Dr Gabe Mirkin, a physician with 40 years' experience, said: 'He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie deprivation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go.
'He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb.'
Critical care physician Dr Samuel Jacobson also told the Enquirer: 'Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.
'He is emaciated and looks to have lost a lot of muscle mass, which spells a poor prognosis.'
A source who recently saw Mr Jobs added: 'He is very frail, moving like a weak, feeble old man.'
'He weaves back and forth when he walks, as if he is having trouble keeping his balance, and the pain of every step is evident on his face.'
The Apple CEO, who is worth $6billion, is putting up an amazingly brave battle and even did a full day's work on February 7, the day before he went to the Cancer Centre.
He is determined to continue with plans to build a new $8million home after finally winning permission to demolish his home in Woodside, California, following a ten-year battle with preservationists.
Mr Jobs, who is currently on his third medical leave, has battled a rare form of pancreatic cancer for seven years and had a liver transplant in 2009.
He travelled to Switzerland that year for treatments unavailable in the U.S.
Only about 4 per cent of patients with any form of pancreatic cancer live longer than five years, the Enquirer reports.
Actor Patrick Swayze died in September 2009 of the same disease. Like Mr Jobs, he bravely fought it and worked on his memoirs right up until his death.
Medical experts, however, say Mr Jobs's disease is a much slower moving form of cancer than the type that killed the popular star of movies such as Dirty Dancing and Ghost.
The photos were published a day after Apple unveiled its new subscription policy which enables newspaper and magazine publishers to sell subscriptions by the week, month, year or other period of time, instead of asking readers to buy each issue separately.
The extra convenience should help publishers sell more digital copies as they look to smartphones and tablet computers to replace some of the revenue that has been lost in recent years as readers and advertisers migrate from print editions.
Mr Jobs put out a statement yesterday saying: 'We believe that this innovative subscription service will provide publishers with a brand new opportunity to expand digital access to their content onto the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, delighting both new and existing subscribers.'
Mail Online last week reported how Apple had almost $10billion wiped off its value in just four minutes after investors took a bite out of the tech giant.
Market analysts blamed the flash plunge on unsubstantiated rumours that Apple founder Steve Jobs was in hospital.
An Apple spokesman did not comment on the new photos.
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