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> Like I said - four months. In the vast majority of cases we can keep you alive for a few months longer. Can you cite this? I suspect it's an average, and th
by wdewind 12y ago
> Like I said - four months. In the vast majority of cases we can keep you alive for a few months longer.
Can you cite this? I suspect it's an average, and thus not very useful. (Ie: some people are living a lot longer, enough to drive the overall average up 4 months, not most people are living 4 months longer).
- tsotha 12y agoIt's from this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/1439170916 http://www.amazon.com/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/... Highly recommended reading, BTW, though it's a bit depressing. For the average to go up only four months either we're doing really well against a tiny percentage of cancers or we're doing generally a tiny bit better against most cancers. Or some combination of the two. Either way you look at it that's an indication of lack of progress.