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Have you read Jake Seliger’s pieces on oncology clinical trials https://jakeseliger.com/.



Oh wow. No, that's heart breaking. I'll have to read up on this. Reminds me of David explaining the interesting and somewhat surprisingly insensitive language the oncology literature uses towards folks going through this. Its there for historical reasons but slow to change.

It also shows how important getting dose escalation trials are. The whole point is finding the balance point where "cure is NOT worse than the disease". A bad dose can be worse than the cancer itself, and conducting the trials correctly is extremely important... and this really underscores the human cost. Truly heartbreaking :(




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