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The patient dies from complications of the drug's use before the cancer.
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dyauspitr • yesterday at 11:57 PM
In a purely rational world who cares. 4 months is not all that far away from 6 months and with cancer you’d probably prefer to not be alive for those last two months anyway. We should be willing to do Hail Marys with 5-10% chances of success rather than doing absolutely nothing.
If I had 6 months to live, and had no other options, I wouldn't care if a drug killed me in 10 days. Give me the option.