The plural of anecdotes is not data
I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.
These corporations run our culture, and they riddle it with bullshit.
Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best.
You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.