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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(14):975; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn244
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False-Positive Results in Cancer Epidemiology

False-positive results, or results that cannot be confirmed in subsequent investigations, are an unfortunate yet inherent outcome of observational epidemiologic studies. Nevertheless, these results are often assumed to be scientifically valid and applicable to the general public and are often sensationally portrayed by the media and overinterpreted by the study authors themselves. In a Commentary, Boffetta et al. (p. 988) highlight some examples of likely false-positive findings in cancer epidemiology and discuss the sources of these types of results. They suggest guidelines and principles for analyzing and reporting results of epidemiologic studies in an effort to provide an epistemic and methodological context for authors, readers, and the press to aid . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Addition of SNPs to Models of Breast Cancer Risk

Reduction of Iron Stores and Cancer Risk

Cancer Mortality and Educational Attainment

Medicare Managed Care and a Diagnosis of Cancer

Cell Cycle Regulator in Prostate Cancer Invasion and Metastasis


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