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Seeking advice on treatment options

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 6, 2023 | Replies (35)
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I agree about those ellipses. It's, better to review the source material. When was the study done? How many cases? Specifics of the treatment e.g. where and by whom was surgery done? Charactaristics of the population e.g. Gleason scores etc.?

When I probed more deeply, I decided to ignore the comparison ellipses. It looks authoritative, but as spino says, it is biased IMO.

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wellness100 | @wellness100 | Sep 30, 2023

You are right. Reading too much into these trials may not be useful, especially as layman and only the incomplete version they put on the net. I would not go so far as to say they are biased, but they do have a certain aim. To get the financing, the project must have some support. It cannot be open ended. The there are all kinds of fine prints. Some studies provide information on sub-groups, ie those who reach PSA< 0.5, 0.2.0.1 etc, as well as the time it takes to nadir ( TTN). Of course most of us do not have the time or the training to read these reports other than the highlights. So we might be missing something, which can be counter productive.
Dont mind me. I am another layman trying to make some sense of the whole thing.

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