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Good question. And another that would never be asked, let alone answered.

Seriously, is it even theoretically possible to answer that question? I am pretty sure neither Stanford nor our opponents make public exactly what their clinical protocols are, and even if they did it is very probable there are clinical judgements involved that may be made differently by different clinicians. This would be true even if everybody was operating on the "up and up", which may or may not be true. I strongly suspect Stanford tends to err on the side of caution, possibly more than other institutions, but I really don't expect there is a document you can find that will support that idea.

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Good question. And another that would never be asked, let alone answered.

Seriously, is it even theoretically possible to answer that question? I am pretty sure neither Stanford nor our opponents make public exactly what their clinical protocols are, and even if they did it is very probable there are clinical judgements involved that may be made differently by different clinicians. This would be true even if everybody was operating on the "up and up", which may or may not be true. I strongly suspect Stanford tends to err on the side of caution, possibly more than other institutions, but I really don't expect there is a document you can find that will support that idea.