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Actually, statistical significance has a definition. Not to be snide, but you should look it up before commenting.
by ellyagg 15y ago
Actually, statistical significance has a definition. Not to be snide, but you should look it up before commenting.
- badhairday 15y agoFor this particular study the numbers are fantastic, but there is no indication that this therapy will actually cure any other CLL patients. Just last year the NCI estimated there would be 15,000 CLL new patients. A favorable result with just 3 patients isn't a big enough percentage to call this new treatment anything but experimental. However, that wasn't my original point. This therapy is obviously at a very early stage. Headlines like this in the lay media are extremely misleading to the general public, because a majority of people will not take the time to read or understand the entirety of the article.