Comments on: No Need to Do Surgery Immediately for Patients with Advanced Colon Cancer http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/dr_lenz/2009/11/no_need_to_do_surgery_immediately_for_patients_with_advanced_colon_cancer We envision victory over colorectal cancer Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heinz-Josef Lenz http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/dr_lenz/2009/11/no_need_to_do_surgery_immediately_for_patients_with_advanced_colon_cancer/comment-page-1#comment-2375 Heinz-Josef Lenz Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:27:29 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=6397#comment-2375 not sure what small or big is, they lived longer. the problem is that we always use the mean and we neglect the one we cure since it is only a subset which are not captured by any median time points. HJL not sure what small or big is, they lived longer. the problem is that we always use the mean and we neglect the one we cure since it is only a subset which are not captured by any median time points. HJL

]]> By: George in Rhode Island http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/dr_lenz/2009/11/no_need_to_do_surgery_immediately_for_patients_with_advanced_colon_cancer/comment-page-1#comment-2357 George in Rhode Island Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:32:15 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=6397#comment-2357 Thank you for this update on treatment. I have two questions: When you say the patients do better, does this mean they have longer disease-specific survival, overall survival, or is there some other measure? Do the patients do just a little better or a lot better? Is this a major step forward or just a small improvement in care? Thank you for this update on treatment. I have two questions:

When you say the patients do better, does this mean they have longer disease-specific survival, overall survival, or is there some other measure?

Do the patients do just a little better or a lot better? Is this a major step forward or just a small improvement in care?

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