Re: About five year survival rates and cancer cure
- From: J <studydras@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:38:26 -0500
Peter Moran wrote:
> > I do agree, and those terms mean something different from cure is
> > five-year's breast cancer recurrence free, which women are still told!
>
> I have a discussion as to how five year survival rates are an adequate
> approximation of permanent cure rates for some cancers, such as colon
> cancer, but not for breast cancer, melanoma, and many others, here ---
>
> http://members.bordernet.com.au/~pmoran/cancer/cancercure.htm.
>
> I agree that even some sceptics and a rare ill-informed medico will claim
> that five year survival means cure, but it is mainly journalists, lay
> persons, and especially alternative propagandists that spread this
> overgeneralisation.
Absolutely. And "fresh horses" is all three (and IIRC antisurgery for
herself), so I wish you'd crossposted your webpage and comments.
She's reading on sci.med.
Can you find her post again and crosspost it, please?
J
> The newspapers are among the worst offenders.
>
> Peter Moran
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