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eilertokyo
on July 22, 2023
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I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and potenti...
Your comment makes something that happens quite rarely (1-5% based on agent, and not quickly) seem like it happens quite frequently.
Retric
on July 22, 2023
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Some of these trials had double digit percentage deaths within 30 days.
eilertokyo
on July 23, 2023
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Please provide some examples if you can! I could use the references
adamredwoods
on July 22, 2023
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Because the trials sometimes take on people with very little time left.
Retric
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That’s the estimate for number of people killed by the treatment not the number of people who died in total.
You should be careful not to exclude trials cancelled early when considering how risky trials are.
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