Studier på bröstcancermedicin värderas så att medicinen framstår som bättre än vad den är, avslöjar läkare för den brittiska tidningen The Telegraph. Negativa resultat och bieffekter göms undan. Taktiken är rutin.
"Researchers frequently downplay negative findings and overemphasise positive results - even when those results are much less important to the patient - claim experts who have reviewed studies."
"Academics are also guilty of burying reporting of serious side effects in the smallprint of their articles, according to the Canadian doctors who examined the issue."
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