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by TCM 3215 days ago
What about errors or changes in your diagnosis? John Bain (game review youtuber) was diagnosed with Cancer and in 2015 his cancer was determined to be uncurable. But, his diagnosis changed and now he is in remission again. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit
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I would think that part of an ethical protocol for testing would include a frank discussion with each patient about the probabilities of various outcomes and trading off actions in that landscape.
This isn't entirely true (not is Wikipedia accurate in its story of his illness).

TB is participating on clinical trials for effectiveness of Panitumumab in stage 4 colon cancer patients, its this drug that produced remission in his illness.

Original diagnosis was not wrong.