Ousted Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson, pictured here, told board members before his resignation that he has cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Thompson, who quit amid a ... more 

Ousted Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson, pictured here, told board members before his resignation that he has cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Thompson, who quit amid a controversy over inaccurate academic credentials, said the diagnosis played a role in his decision to step down, but that he did not want to publicly disclose his thyroid cancer, the newspaper said. less