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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (7690)	7/23/2009 4:46:47 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Actually survival rate means the percentage of people with the disease who are still living 5 years after diagnosis and treatment. In the extreme a person could die at 5 years 1 month and still be considered a survivor. Mortality rate might be a more meaningful number this debate... In that regard there are lots of countries with a lower cancer mortality rate than the US... Here's a chart page from a lengthy paper of cancer stats..... In the text, the authors are skeptical about Thailands consistently low results... rex.nci.nih.gov

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