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Vinay Prasad - there is overdiagnosis in clinical trials

Vinay Prasad - there is overdiagnosis in clinical trials

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Vinay Prasad - there is overdiagnosis in clinical trials

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We want clinical trials to be thorough - but Vinay Prasad, assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health Science University, argues that the problem of overdiagnosis may be as prevalent, in the way we measure disease in our research, as our practice.

In this podcast he joins us to discuss the problem, and why he thinks what qualifies as disease in clinical trials may be getting so broad that outcomes are becoming less meaningful and harder to interpret.

Read the full analysis:
https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3783
Released:
Oct 3, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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