Paper mills bribe editors to pass peer review, and detecting tumors with a blood draw
Investigation shows journal editors getting paid to publish bunk papers, and new techniques for finding tumor DNA in the blood First up on this week’s episode, Frederik Joelving, an editor and reporter for the site Retraction Watch, talks with host Sarah Crespi about paper mills—organizations that sell authorship on research papers—that appear to be bribing journal editors to publish bogus articles. They talk about the drivers behind this activity and what publishers can do to stop it. Next, producer Zakiya Whatley of the Dope Labs podcast talks with researcher Carmen Martin-Alonso, a graduate student in the Harvar...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Toripalimab for Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer Mortality, Epochs of Health AI and Monitoring Its Use in Practice, and more
Editor’s Summary by Mary McGrae McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the January 16, 2024, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - January 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families ’ experiences and understanding of their condition, pain services and treatments: a meta-ethnography
Cochrane has produced more than a dozen systematic reviews of the effects of interventions that might help children who have chronic pain and their parents. In October 2023, these were added to with a review of qualitative research that had explored the experiences and views of children and their families about chronic non-cancer pain and pain services and treatments. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane ' s Commissioning Editor, talks with lead author Emma France, an associate professor in health research at the University of Stirling in the UK, about the review and its findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 15, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Oncology : Immunotherapy Initiation at the End of Life in Patients With Metastatic Cancer in the US
Interview with Sajid A. Khan, MD, author of Immunotherapy Initiation at the End of Life in Patients With Metastatic Cancer in the US. Hosted by Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD. Related Content: Immunotherapy Initiation at the End of Life in Patients With Metastatic Cancer in the US (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Oncology : Atezolizumab in Combination With Carboplatin in Metastatic TNBC
Interview with Jennifer A. Pietenpol, PhD, Brian D. Lehmann, PhD, and Vandana G. Abramson, MD, authors of Atezolizumab in Combination With Carboplatin and Survival Outcomes in Patients With Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: The TBCRC 043 Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD. Related Content: Atezolizumab in Combination With Carboplatin and Survival Outcomes in Patients With Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - December 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Sintilimab for Gastric Cancer, Lepodisiran Targeting Lipoprotein(a), CONSORT Extension for Factorial Trials, and more
Editor’s Summary by Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 5, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Toripalimab for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies, Obesity Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Mary McGrae McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the November 28, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - November 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening With Self-Sampling HPV Kits at Home
Cervical cancer screening is effective when done as recommended. JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, speaks with Rachel L. Winer, PhD, MPH, of the University of Washington, about a recent trial in JAMA that compared cervical cancer screening strategies, including direct-mail and opt-in approaches for human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling. Related Content: Strategies to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening With Mailed Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Kits (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Otolaryngology –Head & Neck Surgery : Liquid Biopsies for Head and Neck Cancers
Interview with Michael J. Brenner, MD, author of Liquid Biopsies for Head and Neck Cancers—Any Hope for Human Papillomavirus–Negative Disease? Hosted by Paul C. Bryson, MD, MBA. Related Content: Liquid Biopsies for Head and Neck Cancers—Any Hope for Human Papillomavirus–Negative Disease? (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Vitamin C for COVID-19, Stool Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening, USPSTF on Oral Health, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the November 14, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - November 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 1061: Seasonal COVID and a niche for cervical cancer
TWiV reveals a prediction of the expected endemic seasonality of COVID-19, based on circulation of human coronaviruses, and ecological clearance of vaccine-targeted human papillomaviruses and an increase in circulation of non-targeted virus types. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommi...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Low carb and cancer screening
Each episode of Talk Evidence we take a dive into an issue or paper which is in the news, with a little help from some knowledgeable guests to help us to understand what it all means for clinical care, policy, or research.
In this episode:
Helen Macdonald take a deep dive into cancer screening tests, prompted by a paper in JAMA which showed most have no effect on all cause mortality, and news that the NHS is evaluating a single test which screens for 50 common cancers - we ask Barry Kramer, former director of the Division of Cancer Prevention, at the U.S. National Cancer Institute to help explain how to hold those two...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
ICU Decolonization Strategies, Follow Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Test Results, Bipolar Disorder Review, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Rentoumis Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the October 10, 2023, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - October 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Oncology : Shorter-Course Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Interview with Daniel E. Spratt, MD, author of Increasing Use of Shorter-Course Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer. Hosted by Jack West, MD. Related Content: Increasing Use of Shorter-Course Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - October 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Otolaryngology –Head & Neck Surgery : Association of Human Papillomavirus Status With Suicide Risk Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Interview with Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, BDS, PhD, MPH, CHES, author of Association of Human Papillomavirus Status With Suicide Risk Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Hosted by Paul C. Bryson, MD, MBA. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - September 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
