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Greeley Q: Referencing your chart entitled “5 year survival rate by stage,” what is the comparison of survival rates for “with treatment” vs. “without treatment?

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Greeley Q: Referencing your chart entitled “5 year survival rate by stage,” what is the comparison of survival rates for “with treatment” vs. “without treatment?

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Hard to say. Without treatment is not an option in a medical setting, so the only controls for new treatments are the currently-recognized best treatment. The best we can do is compare now to decades ago, when (we know now) treatment was not very effective, and see the improvement in survival.