How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and ...
Pulmonology Advisor

Unlocking Access: Addressing Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment

Cecilia Bahit, MD, and Carolyn Lam, MBBS, PhD, FACC, discuss the barriers patients face when seeking access to clinical trial enrollment.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Randomized Phase 2 Trial of an Extended and Flexible Dosing Schedule of

Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 radiopharmaceutical therapy has been approved for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant ...

Most effective digital interventions to stop smoking identified

Smoking remains one of the most deleterious habits for human health, as it is known to increase the risk of several ...

Randomized study comparing proton and photon radiation for breast cancer finds both preserve quality of life

The first randomized trial to compare photon- and proton-based radiation therapy for breast cancer finds that patients report ...
The BMJ

Use of new CORE risk score to predict 10 year risk of liver cirrhosis in general population: population based cohort study

Objective To develop and validate a novel risk prediction model for incident major adverse liver outcomes (MALO) in a primary care setting. Design Population based cohort study. Setting Sweden, with ...

Tylenol, Autism And The Difference Between Finding A Link And A Cause: What Parents Need To Know

At present, there is clearly not enough evidence to establish a causal association between prenatal acetaminophen use and ...
eLife

Peer reviewers altered their recommendation based on whether they were cited or wanted to be cited. A matched study of open peer review at four journals

Peer reviewers judge the validity and quality of new research. These judgements would ideally be impartial, but some reviewers may give a more favourable review if they are cited in the article ...
ascopubs.org

Phase II Dose-Randomized Study of Sunvozertinib in Platinum-Pretreated Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Exon 20 Insertion Mutations (WU-KONG1B)

Bridging the Gap: Molecular Profiling to Guide Treatment Selection in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Eligible patients with advanced-stage EGFR exon20ins NSCLC were randomly assigned by 1:1 ratio to ...
BMJ

Effect of an integrated care model on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction management in China: a prospective, multicentre, non-randomised controlled study

Background Early reperfusion therapy is critical in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, limitations in resources and patient-level and system-level barriers ...