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Jackie07 · 01-02-2014, 08:42 AM

The article was accessed in March, 2011. [Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Mar 15, P Wendling] There is usually a gap between data collection and the research publication date. Not sure if the investigators included those 2 years (between 2008 and 2010) in the 'survival' calculation.

The speed of telecommunication we have right now does make the 2, 3 years gap look 'huge'. But it's an retrospective study and the focus was to compare the outcome ...

I am not sure about your 'surgeons are making a power grab to get an alert system' statement. I've had five major surgeries so far and all my surgeons are extremely hard-working professionals who are dedicated to their work and their patients (the neurosurgeon operated 23 hours straight - drinking coffee and juice to sustain his energy; the breast surgeon squeezed my surgery into her busy schedule after a radiation oncologist friend talked [as a 2nd opinion doctor] to her on my behalf; the gynecological surgeon did the hyst/oo as soon as the proper instrument was received; the young doctor in the GKRS Center was cheerful and courteous ...) Perhaps I am a little biased as I love all my doctors... [My late Mother-in-law had told me back in 1990: "It's all right ... We all fall in love with our doctors."

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Jackie07 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: "Love never fails." Posts: 5,808	Re: Clinical Trial Participation Tied to Improved Breast Cancer Outcomes The article was accessed in March, 2011. [Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Mar 15, P Wendling] There is usually a gap between data collection and the research publication date. Not sure if the investigators included those 2 years (between 2008 and 2010) in the 'survival' calculation. The speed of telecommunication we have right now does make the 2, 3 years gap look 'huge'. But it's an retrospective study and the focus was to compare the outcome ... I am not sure about your 'surgeons are making a power grab to get an alert system' statement. I've had five major surgeries so far and all my surgeons are extremely hard-working professionals who are dedicated to their work and their patients (the neurosurgeon operated 23 hours straight - drinking coffee and juice to sustain his energy; the breast surgeon squeezed my surgery into her busy schedule after a radiation oncologist friend talked [as a 2nd opinion doctor] to her on my behalf; the gynecological surgeon did the hyst/oo as soon as the proper instrument was received; the young doctor in the GKRS Center was cheerful and courteous ...) Perhaps I am a little biased as I love all my doctors... [My late Mother-in-law had told me back in 1990: "It's all right ... We all fall in love with our doctors." ] __________________ Jackie07 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/06/doctors-letter-patient-newly-diagnosed-cancer.html http://www.asco.org/ASCOv2/MultiMedi...=114&trackID=2 NICU 4.4 LB Erythema Nodosum 85 Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d 3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills CN 3 GKRS 52301 IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET 6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M Diastasis recti Tamoxifen B. scan Irrtbl bowel 1'09 Colonoscopy 313 BRCA1 V1247I hptc hemangioma Vertigo GI - > yogurt hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410 Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk DEXA 1/13 1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer. 3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer. Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement （600mg x2) 10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016 7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence. 7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule. 1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule. "I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa Advocacy is a passion .. not a pastime - Joe Last edited by Jackie07; 01-02-2014 at 12:54 PM..