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Three clinical trials based on their work have been halted after questions were raised by scientists who failed to replicate their results.
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August 7, 2010 at 10:12 AM
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An Indian oncologist accused of falsely claiming he was a Rhodes scholar on applications for federal grants has been suspended by Duke University.
The British journal, Lancet Oncology, has issued an “expression of concern” over the December 2007 study it published from Anil Potti and his colleagues after two of the co-authors contacted it to express “grave concerns about the validity of their report.” In a letter to the National Cancer Institute, the 31 complaining scientists wrote that, “It is absolutely premature to use these prediction models to influence the therapeutic options open to cancer patients.” |
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