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To the Editor: Saint et al. (Sept. 28 issue)¹ describe a "home-court advantage" for Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians in their discussions of the clinicopathological conference (CPC) cases. Although this certainly may be true, I would like to point out that a home-court advantage can only be proved if a team tests itself on the road. To use the example given in the article, if the Celtics played the Lakers only in Boston Garden (or in the new FleetCenter, if it imparts the same magic) and almost always won, the Celtics could simply claim to be the better team. To . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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