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Monday, January 16, 2006

Doctor made up cancer study: hospital

 

Another case of falsification of data to produce “scientific” claims published in a prestigious journal (LANCET), this time from Norway!

A cancer expert invented patients for a study, which concluded taking common painkillers could protect against oral cancer, it is alleged. Dr Jon Sudbo reportedly made up patients and case histories for the study published in highly-respected Lancet medical journal last October (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16226613&dopt=Abstract). Dr Sudbo has not commented publicly on the claims. But a spokeswoman for Oslo's Norwegian Radium Hospital, where he works, said he had admitted falsifying data. Stein Vaaler, director of external relations at the hospital: "He published an article in The Lancet in October last year whose data is totally false, actually totally fabricated. "His database had been completely fabricated on his computer." Norwegian daily newsaper Dagbladet reported that of the 908 people in Sudbo's study, 250 shared the same birthday.

The hospital has set up a commission to investigate why Dr Sudbo falsified data and how his material passed a review by other experts. The panel will also examine previous articles by Dr Sudbo, including two in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Lancet study was entitled "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of oral cancer." It concluded that long-term use of the drugs could help reduce chances of oral cancer, including in smokers, but could also bring higher risks of death from heart disease. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4617372.stm

 

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