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Surrogate outcomes distorting medicine

14 min • 6 januari 2017
Surrogate endpoints are commonly used in clinical trials to get quicker results, however Michael Baum, emeritus professor at University College London, worries that by not focusing on real outcomes - length of life, and quality of life - that these are being used to justify expensive treatments which may not benefit patients. Read the full analysis:

http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6286

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