tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589866312350199147.post7742501654243194927..comments2023-09-21T03:39:11.577-07:00Comments on The Ogler: Media hype and melanomaPeter Oglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729688724318870176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589866312350199147.post-39103129956859370572010-06-11T08:29:18.517-07:002010-06-11T08:29:18.517-07:00I had seen an article about ipi and was interested...I had seen an article about ipi and was interested to hear your take on it. I hadn't been aware of the connection between medical meetings and corporate sponsors. Thanks for filling us in.Paul and Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702709101321787513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589866312350199147.post-5793011522916649432010-06-10T03:07:32.062-07:002010-06-10T03:07:32.062-07:00How statistics are stated can be misleading. The ...How statistics are stated can be misleading. The results of the ASCO study could also be stated as "In twenty-five percent of the cases, the cancer was completely halted, and those people are still alive two years later (and counting)." That sounds a bit more impressive. The reason the median life-span was extended for such a short amount of time was that for the other seventy-five percent of the cases, the drug did not not work at all, and they died at their usual rate. The challenge now is to discover why the drug worked for those twenty-five percent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589866312350199147.post-11351292345877740102010-06-09T23:38:48.188-07:002010-06-09T23:38:48.188-07:00Current trials are serving up Ipi to what essentia...Current trials are serving up Ipi to what essentially are terminal patients with few, if any, options. One suspects you would review the results of throwing of cup of water on a conflagration and self righteously proclaim that the fire suppressive qualities of water are being hyped. The basic research does not support your tunnel view of Ipi. Others might view the scene as one where the firemen have no clue of how to use a hose and and bureaucrats quarterbacking fire suppression from the sidewalk. Shocked by the banal revelation that corporations and reporters are self-serving? - spend more time out of your cocoon and in the real world - and possibly looking for a recruiting Ipi trial. You are too smart not to know this, or you have not met inclusion criteria. In any event, I wish well in your fight with the real enemy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com