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It's not fair to say it cost him his life when his survival chance was 50% to begin with and the first chemotherapy failed to cure him. Nobody can say whether t
by lazyjones 6y ago
It's not fair to say it cost him his life when his survival chance was 50% to begin with and the first chemotherapy failed to cure him. Nobody can say whether the outcome would have been better with a second chemotherapy or perhaps with no treatment at all.
- cwhiz 6y agoThe first chemo gave him six more years. The 50% estimate was for long term survival, which is generally considered to be 10-15 years or more. It doesn’t say what his short term survival odds may have been. Somewhere between 51-99%.
- fastball 6y agoWell not doing anything decreases your chances of survival to about 0%, so I think that is definitely fair to say.