The link after 'Armed Forces Instititute of Pathology' is not properly closed, leading (a) to everything after it being a link, and (b) some of the text after it to be missing.
When it’s all said and done, where are all the promised cancer cures since Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law on the 23rd of December 1971?
good grief. Im going to tune this whole series out.
Well thanks Aziz. 35 years and hundreds of billions of dollars later, and you're ready to tune to the entire series out because, well, 36 years of broken promises mean nothing?
I guess expecting meaningful results is just kind of rude after all that, eh?
Just curious, if this was a Bush Administration initiative, would you be even a tenth as forgiving?
I skimmed it, it was pretty interesting on the whole.
This section was interesting:
Physicians are trained to save lives and have little time to evaluate the effectiveness of a blockbuster drug or genetic test. Furthermore, cancer genetics has moved so rapidly that most doctors do not have the specialist molecular and statistical knowledge to make informed decisions about molecular tests, the clinical claims of which are usually overstated and often have little validity (4-8).
I don't see any real way to get around the 'little time' constraint. Certainly having other people do evaluations is what's already being done, and unless a doctor wants to devote a lot of time to overseeing lab worth personally, time he doesn't have, I don't see how this situation can change at all, even if we're allowed to completely rebuild the medical system from scratch.
Dean, I worked in the cancer field; suffice to say that I know who Mikos is and I dont see any value in reading this series which promises to be a rehash of his old arguments. You know Im openminded on the HIV and the aneuploidy thing.
I cannot and willnot participate in this not because im bieng :rude" but bec I have better thngs to do than bash my head against a brick wall. Your mind is as closed on this as you accuse the medical research industry of being. You think we are all ghous motivated by our paychekcs alone and that we would gladly suffer the ill to die rather than cure them because otherwise we are out of jobs. Or maybe you dont believe that, but yu are still giving Miklos the time of day and forntpage access to your blog to endorse his views of same.
there is ZERO value to this to me; I'm being NOT rude by refusing to partcipate. Have your series in peace.
It's a shame you've opted not to even read the series. [shrug] But I don't think it's me with the closed mind here.
8.2.2007 7:30am
Commenting on Dean's World is a privilege, not a right. Dean is your host, you are his guest, and you should behave in that fashion. Dean is not your babysitter, nor is he your punching bag. Please remember this. In general, you are free to disagree with anyone on any subject you wish, but abusive behavior will not be tolerated.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.
good grief. Im going to tune this whole series out.
I guess expecting meaningful results is just kind of rude after all that, eh?
Just curious, if this was a Bush Administration initiative, would you be even a tenth as forgiving?
This section was interesting:
I don't see any real way to get around the 'little time' constraint. Certainly having other people do evaluations is what's already being done, and unless a doctor wants to devote a lot of time to overseeing lab worth personally, time he doesn't have, I don't see how this situation can change at all, even if we're allowed to completely rebuild the medical system from scratch.
Dean, I worked in the cancer field; suffice to say that I know who Mikos is and I dont see any value in reading this series which promises to be a rehash of his old arguments. You know Im openminded on the HIV and the aneuploidy thing.
I cannot and willnot participate in this not because im bieng :rude" but bec I have better thngs to do than bash my head against a brick wall. Your mind is as closed on this as you accuse the medical research industry of being. You think we are all ghous motivated by our paychekcs alone and that we would gladly suffer the ill to die rather than cure them because otherwise we are out of jobs. Or maybe you dont believe that, but yu are still giving Miklos the time of day and forntpage access to your blog to endorse his views of same.
there is ZERO value to this to me; I'm being NOT rude by refusing to partcipate. Have your series in peace.
It's a shame you've opted not to even read the series. [shrug] But I don't think it's me with the closed mind here.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.