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Lessons learned from randomised clinical trials in adult
low grade glioma
Papagikos MA, Shaw EG, Stieber VW
Department of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
"Lesson" is a Middle English word that has been defined as "a
passage from sacred writings read in a service of worship" as well as
"something learned by study or experience".
The term is quite
appropriate in assessment of what has been learned from randomised trials in
adult low-grade gliomas, since the treatment of these tumours has
traditionally been guided as much by belief as by fact.
Therefore, when
assessing these trials we can apply the principles of hermeneutics.
Thus,
the first meaning of "lesson" given here can be described as
literal, whereas the second may be seen as figurative.
Since hermeneutics
may also refer to an in-depth analysis of a particular text, the
investigators will present their interpretation of data from randomised
trials.
The goal is to show that the lessons learned are not necessarily
literal or dogmatic but can be much more allegorical in nature.
PMID: 15811619 [PubMed - in process]
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