http://www.thewordishope.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:42:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.thewordishope.com/cindys-breast-cancer-survival-story/ http://www.thewordishope.com/cindys-breast-cancer-survival-story/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:26 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/?p=631
Cindy Papale Shares Her Story of Surviving Breast Cancer ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/cindys-breast-cancer-survival-story/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/understanding-cancer-survival-statistics-and-what-they-mean-for-your-prognosis/ http://www.thewordishope.com/understanding-cancer-survival-statistics-and-what-they-mean-for-your-prognosis/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:15:36 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/understanding-cancer-survival-statistics-and-what-they-mean-for-your-prognosis/ One of the first things that a patient diagnosed with cancer does is find out the cancer survival rates for their cancer. Whilst this in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. It is only part of the story, any cancer patient has to learn how to survive the cancer statistics rather than learn how to survive the cancer. It is a normal human reaction to want to know whether or not your type of cancer is typically easier to cure when compared to other types. However it is not necessarily helpful because your doctor can only predict the future based on a national average which is by knows means your future. ]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/understanding-cancer-survival-statistics-and-what-they-mean-for-your-prognosis/feed/ 0 http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-survival-statistics/ http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-survival-statistics/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:18:37 +0000 admin http://www.thewordishope.com/?p=177 Cancer survival statistics, work like any other statistic, they express a statistical probability. So while pancreatic cancer survival statistics are not necessarily good, because it is an aggressive cancer, it is at the end of the day a statistic. A statistic is an estimate based on a sample of a population, providing an indication of the true population parameter.]]> http://www.thewordishope.com/cancer-survival-statistics/feed/ 0