Was I willing to take on three years of aggressive treatment and potential long-term side-effects for a 10-point increase in my chances of being alive and cancer-free for five years, especially since no one really knows what the chances of recurrence in 10 or 20 years are? Meanwhile, five years from now there may be new drugs that are more effective and less toxic, mitigating the downside of a later recurrence.
那么我是否能用3年的积极治疗以及长期的副作用，换取10%的生存率还有5年内不复发，尤其是在没人知道未来10年/20年内复发率的情况下？与此同时，从此5年后可能会研制出更有效而且毒性更小的药物，从而减低了复发的危害性。