Overdiagnosis of Cancer, Defined
/Researchers from Dartmouth are pitching a standard definition for "overdiagnosis" in cancer screening. Will it hold up?
Read MoreChildhood Cancer Survivors: Higher Survival, Worse Quality of Life
/A study appearing in Annals of Internal Medicine assesses health status among more than 10,000 survivors of childhood cancer. Paradoxically, despite dramatic improvements in treatment, self-perceived health has not improved among survivors over the past 30 years. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreSurrogate Outcomes - a Necessary Evil
/Surrogate outcomes are becoming increasingly common in biomedical research. They are also increasingly misinterpreted. In this month's Methods Man blog, I take an in-depth look at what makes surrogate markers tick. For the full article, click here.