Survival Rate

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Hi everyone...

 

I remember a doctor once telling me that you are " cured " of cancer

if you survive 5 years after the original diagnosis... In

disbelief, I clarified by asking him if you died 5 years and 1 day

past your diagnosis, if you were still considered cured, and he said

yes!!! That type of " cured " I can surely do without... Now imagine

all the people that are said to have died from cancer, and now add

all the people that have died from cancer but labelled as cured

never the less...

 

Annie has it right, this is all about fraud and vested interests...

 

This is what I was able to find on the net:

 

http://www.health-dictionary.com/cancer_term_details/Survival_Rate

 

Survival Rate:

The percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive

for a given period of time after diagnosis. This is commonly

expressed as 5-year survival.

 

Best Wishes,

Misty

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, annie summers

<lammasmoon> wrote:

> If you survive for five years from the time of diagnosis - I

believe that is counted in the statistics as a 'cure'. If you go on

to develop another cancer a year or two later, which is a metastasis

of the original cancer, I would assume that you are not removed from

the 'cured' statistics.

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> This then means that the statistics are seriously flawed as it

means that the 'cures' are a lot less than they claim.

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> Basically, they are no further forward - and with all of the

research and all of the money poured into the cancer charities I

believe the scientists who work in that field should seriously

question their methods. Or is it that they have a vested interest

in not finding a cure - then they'll be out of a job? 'Fraud' is a

word that springs to mind! Or am I just a cynic?

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> Annie

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