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Here is a running thread of the articles we have published in 2023 with links to tweetorials when possible
But first a summary of the last 2 years, and links to all papers
vkprasadlab.com/publications
Now out in Dig Health; We analyze Facebook's fact checking. During the pandemic, they relied heavily on high volume twitter users. In one case, user had already tweeted negatively about a paper before being selected to 'fact check' it.
Seems problematic
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…
The following is a list of all the articles we have published in 2021
1. This paper provides an overview of the indications, mechanism of action, and side effects of targeted cancer therapies.
Our first @vkprasadlab article of 2022
Led by UCLA Chief Jack Sharp, we show 57% of time FDA allows studies that DO NOT USE USA staging
This means there may be errors in staging or occult disease that needs treatment
Which may bias results 2 win
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rdcu.be/cE8nL
At long last; This project took years to complete, and required a dream team of authors, but, at last, here you have it....
Reversals in hematology oncology over the last decade
Open access!
Credit to Alyson Haslam, the mastermind of this👇
rdcu.be/crQpQ
Just out in the British Journal of Haemaotology
Ida-cel costs 420,000 per dose and cures no one
Is this sustainable? reasonable? prudent? drug development
By Logan Powell, @dgermain21 and @VPrasadMDMPH
Free link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
Just OUT ahead-of-print, John Ioannidis & I discuss
Constructive and Obsessive Critics in Science
I think we all see the latter on Twitter
They focus on individuals & not ideas 👇👇
Often Lack technical expertise & make scientific debates -> moral ones
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
This week in @JAMAInternalMed we explore the relationship between drug price and anti-cancer drug benefit (2015-20), led by @miljko & jordan tuia @vkprasadlab
We have been working in this space for 10 years now
First, some background 🧵🧵
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
Medical Student and VKPrasadLab member, Logan Powell, is participating in an IRONMAN triathlon to raise money for charity – donations can be made at the link below!
ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuse…
Our new paper OUT TODAY
We calculate the cost to avert a SINGLE DFS event of all the new "game-changer" Cancer drugs
Median is 1.6 MILLION USD, up to 2.6 MIL!!
These costs will BANKRUPT us
Based on power calcs, this is the trial GOAL!
No surprise
Sad!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…