 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | I wish that doctors would not do this. First of all they do not know for a certainty what chance of survival you have. They may make a best guess based on their experiences, (one doctor I joke with about this calls it "precision guess work") but given the uniqueness of each individual; they could be very far off base in either direction. Even if a statistician were to offer you a percentage based on the only reliable numbers we have (the SEER numbers
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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