What a great thread! One of the subjects I teach is social research. We have a wonderful saying about research numbers: "Statisticians use statistics the way a drunk uses lamposts - for support, not illumination." Try as we might, we cannot make numbers tell us only what we want to hear. Those who drink will always cite the numbers that support that. Tom


SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.