Cancer studies often downplay chemo side effects

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TweetNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors relying on studies published in top journals for guidance about how to treat women with breast cancer may not be getting the most accurate information, according to a new analysis.

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TweetWhat a surprise,doctors lying to their patients??? Hmmm,never would have believed it.

TweetHere's a good pararaph from this article.............

"In two-thirds of the 164 studies Tannock and his colleagues scrutinized, that meant not listing toxicities - in other words, serious side effects, whether of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery -"

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"There are various pressures on researchers to make their results "look better than they really are," Tannock told Reuters Health, including drug companies, which often sponsor trials. However, in the new study, who paid for a study didn't have any relationship with how the results were presented."