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From: hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.women
Subject: Re: Breast Cancer Treatment.
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 11:45:03 EDT
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While it seems objectionable and unfair to evaluate
the effectiveness of medical treatments by assigning
patients randomly to groups, there is no alternative
if the evaluation is to be done correctly.

While there were some previous claims that radical mastectomies
were no better than lumpctomies, there was no proof, and
thus the old treatment continued.

Herman silbiger