Author Interviews, Mayo Clinic, Outcomes & Safety / 23.07.2013
Study finds Current Medical Practices often Not Re-Evaluated, Many offer little Net Benefit
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Dr. Vinay Prasad, MD
Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr 10/12N226, Bethesda, MD20892.
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Prasad: We reviewed all original articles in the New England Journal of Medicine over ten years. 1344 articles tested some medical practice-- which is a screening or diagnostic test, medication, procedure or surgery. Only 27% or 363 articles tested current medical practice. And of these articles 146 (40%) contradicted current standard of care, constituting a medical reversal.
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