A surgeon tries an experimental treatment on 1 patient, and the patient survives for 18 months. lf

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A surgeon tries an experimental treatment on 1 patient, and the patient survives for 18 months. lf we assume the distribution of survival time is Poisson-distributed, then what is the probability that a patient will survive for at least 18 months if the treatment had no benefit?

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