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> An attitude of every-last-measure-possible-to-save-a-life is disrespectful to life. This is a complete straw-man when talking about long-term cancer survival
by chimeracoder 9y ago
> An attitude of every-last-measure-possible-to-save-a-life is disrespectful to life.
This is a complete straw-man when talking about long-term cancer survival rates and treatment success outcomes.
> So your blanket condemnation is unfair.
There's no blanket condemnation. The survival rates for cancer in the UK are dramatically lower than they are in the US. When you break it down by types of cancer (since prevalence is not uniform), the comparison becomes even more apparent, especially for forms of cancer that are considered generally treatable.
- DanBC 9y ago> The survival rates for cancer in the UK are dramatically lower than they are in the US. Please can you provide sources? Here's a US cancer doctor who says it's a bit more complicated than that. https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/06/13/why-the-us-has-better-cancer-survival-rates-than-the-rest-of-the-world/#fa40b7b4b674 https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/06/13/why-the-us-has... > The United States has better survival statistics compared to most other countries. Whether this is simply because of better cancer treatment is arguable.