A Bogus Cancer Statistic

FactCheck by Lori Robertson, Jess Henig | Oct. 31, 2007 (Special Report)

In a new radio ad, Rudy Giuliani falsely claims that under England's "socialized medicine" system only 44 percent of men with prostate cancer survive.

We tracked down the source of that number, which turns out to be the result of bad math by a Giuliani campaign adviser, who admits to us that his figure isn't "technically" a survival rate at all. Furthermore, the author of the study on which Giuliani's man based his calculations tells us his work ... Full Story »

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by David Pappas - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a complicated subject and clearly the candidate has not 'done his homework'. The article fails in two regards. After carefully dismantling Giulani's statistics, the tone of the article grows negative. The article was more compelling without the 'bogus' as well as dwelling on the mislabeling of the UK versus England results. That's not an uncommon mistake for many US citizens to make. The second shortcoming of the article is the author's inability to address the big picture. The big picture on this subject is treacherous to portray so I'm probably being too critical here - but the big picture is left unclear (at least to me) at the end of the article.