How is time to death calculated in terminally I’ll patients?
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People tell stories where the doctors “gave me 3 months to live”. That is what they hear, but not what is told to patients per say.
Generally, you will tell a patient “patients with similar diagnoses have lived for 3-6 months, we believe that in your case it is likely that ….”
You base it on the patient, the disease progression, and the treatment they are getting.
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