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> One more chemo treatment would very likely have made little difference in the outcome for this woman.

Internet forum punditry in a nutshell. This is a ridiculous thing to assert with the amount of information available.

Due to the dangers of chemotherapy, the number of treatments is already carefully balanced against the response to the treatments and our best statistical models. The last treatment can certainly be the difference between remission and recurrence; that's why we give it.




> our best statistical models

You can't bet the bank with a model. Eventually you'll lose. You can't fix all suffering. It's impossible.




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