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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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