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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are sitting on a hospital bed, reading a piece of paper with the statistics for {{w|breast cancer}} survival. It looks like Megan has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. The | + | [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are sitting on a hospital bed, reading a piece of paper with the statistics for {{w|breast cancer}} survival. It looks like Megan has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. The line represents the survival rate distribution: 81% are alive at 5 years, while 77% survive to 10 years. |
− | [[Randall]] wrote this comic after his fiancee was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two months after posting this strip, he posted [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ this blog post] explaining the | + | [[Randall]] wrote this comic after his fiancee was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two months after posting this strip, he posted [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ this blog post] explaining the cancer strips. |
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+ | The title text references [[55: Useless|comic #55]]. Cueball's (and Randall's) normal approach -- math -- isn't much help in dealing with ''this'' emotional situation, either. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A plot of | + | :[A plot of years vs. percent, with a solid and a dashed line. The solid line starts at 100%, and drops constantly. The dashed line starts around 85%, rises to 95% after 5 years, then drops.] |
:[A simple table.] | :[A simple table.] | ||
− | : | + | :5 years 81% |
− | + | :10 years 77% | |
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− | :[ | + | :[Two people are sitting on a bench, next to an IV drip hanging from a rack. One is holding a paper.] |
:Cueball: You know, probability used to be my favorite branch of math | :Cueball: You know, probability used to be my favorite branch of math | ||
:Cueball: Because it had so many real-life applications. | :Cueball: Because it had so many real-life applications. | ||
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[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
[[Category:Charts]] | [[Category:Charts]] | ||
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
[[Category:Statistics]] | [[Category:Statistics]] |