Industry-funded breast cancer trials show more positive results.
New research on pharmaceutical-industry sponsorship of clinical research in breast cancer shows that treatment trials funded by the industry are more likely to show positive results than studies sponsored by other sources. There are also major differences in trial design when drug companies are the funders.
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic