On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 04:17:01 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 10/01/2021 04:09, Richard Falken wrote:
>> If I may step in...
>>
>> last time I talked to a lab person with experience in the vaccine
>> market, he told me that using a big number of subjects alone does not
>> count as good testing.
>>
>> If I develop a med that causes you to grow a second head the 18th month
>> after the first administration, the fact I tested the med in a million
>> subjects won't help the least if the testing was conducted for less
>> than 18 months.
> Indeed, but what the testing has done is ascertain that the vaccines are
> (a) moderately effective and (b) not instantly lethal
>
> I was offered adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy  "Radiotherapy will
> give a 15% increase in  the risk of possible unrelated cancers after
> about 15 years"
>
> "What about the chemotherapy"
> "Well that's only been around for 12 years actually so we don't know"
>
> "But the 5 year survival rate since that chemo was introduced went from
> around 70% to 98%.."
>
> Life is risky

I had both radio & chemo to reduce my tumour to an operable size
I am still experiencing some of the side effects, minor nerve damage in
fingers & toes but without it my days would have been numbered.

Histology after the op suggest that lower doses may have been sufficient
but I know where my preferences lie.




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