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That was my experience of variability for a family member treated within a particular high volume academic hospital and designated cancer center. But my point
by gregshap 10y ago
That was my experience of variability for a family member treated within a particular high volume academic hospital and designated cancer center.
But my point is in response to the original parent comment. If you give treatment Y at one top hospital and your control group is everyone getting treatment X at all the other top hospitals, you still have basically anecdotal data.
If I'm very sick and the standard treatments aren't working, would I want to try a protocol that was anecdotally very successful in some clinic? Absolutely. Just because it's not scientifically proven to work doesn't mean it doesn't work.
- sjg007 10y agoThey do run multi center clinical trials... but yes if your current treatment doesn't work or is likely out of date then you should seek another treatment option (usually a phase 1 or 2 trial)