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【medical-news】遭受批评后，新英格兰医学杂志改
Medical Journal Changes Its Policy After Criticism by Group
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: January 8, 2009
Criticism by a national accreditation group over a lung cancer study that failed to disclose an author’s financial conflicts has led The New England Journal of Medicine to change its procedures.
Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study (March 26, 2008) The study, conducted in 2006 by Dr. Claudia I. Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College, said the widespread use of CT scans could prevent 80 percent of lung cancer deaths.
But the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, in a letter to a cancer research newsletter, said the journal and its publisher, the Massachusetts Medical Society, had erred in failing to disclose “relevant financial conflicts of interests of the authors.”
The study failed to disclose that Dr. Henschke’s work had been underwritten in part by a $3.6 million grant from the parent company of the Liggett Group, a cigarette maker, something the journal editors said they had been unaware of.
But Dr. Henschke did disclose to the journal that she and her university had also licensed a patent related to CT screening to General Electric, a maker of CT scanners. The medical journal decided against disclosing the existence of this patent to its readers.
As is customary with many research articles, the Massachusetts Medical Society offered doctors educational credit for reading and answering questions about the lung cancer study. Such educational efforts must be accredited by the continuing education accreditation council.
The council’s criticism was published in a letter to The Cancer Letter, a periodical that provides information on the state of cancer research and treatment.
In response, the medical society wrote a letter promising to change its procedures.
“When we published Dr. Henschke’s article in 2006 it was not routine NEJM editorial policy to publish details about pending patents,” stated the letter, dated October 1, 2008. “Since that time our thinking on this issue has evolved.”
The journal now asks authors to disclose all patents or royalties related to their research, and it publishes the information with the studies, the letter stated.
The letter was signed by Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, the journal’s editor in chief, as well as Corinne Broderick, executive vice president of the medical society.
A spokeswoman for the medical journal, Jennifer Zeis, said the letter “speaks for itself.” 本人认领此翻译,48小时内未提交翻译稿则请其他战友认领. 遭受批评后，新英格兰医学杂志改变论文发表信息披露要求
Medical Journal Changes Its Policy After Criticism by Group
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: January 8, 2009
Criticism by a national accreditation group over a lung cancer study that failed to disclose an author’s financial conflicts has led The New England Journal of Medicine to change its procedures.
由于没有披露一项肺癌研究作者的利益冲突而受到美国国家认证组织的批评，新英格兰医学杂志在此后调整了其论文发表要求
Cigarette Company Paid for Lung Cancer Study (March 26, 2008) The study, conducted in 2006 by Dr. Claudia I. Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College, said the widespread use of CT scans could prevent 80 percent of lung cancer deaths.
一家香烟厂商资助了此项肺癌研究（2008年3月26日），该研究在2006年由康奈尔大学威尔医学院的Claudia I. Henschke博士主持进行，研究显示目前广泛应用的CT扫描技术可以使肺癌的病死率降低80%。
But the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, in a letter to a cancer research newsletter, said the journal and its publisher, the Massachusetts Medical Society, had erred in failing to disclose “relevant financial conflicts of interests of the authors.” The study failed to disclose that Dr. Henschke’s work had been underwritten in part by a $3.6 million grant from the parent company of the Liggett Group, a cigarette maker, something the journal editors said they had been unaware of.
美国继续医学教育认证委员会致函肿瘤研究通讯指出，NEJM及其出版方马萨诸塞州医学会的错误在于，没有披露作者潜在的相关利益冲突。杂志的编辑称，他们并不清楚Henschke博士的研究工作是在一定程度上得益于Liggett Group（一个香烟品牌）3,600,000美金的资助。
But Dr. Henschke did disclose to the journal that she and her university had also licensed a patent related to CT screening to General Electric, a maker of CT scanners. The medical journal decided against disclosing the existence of this patent to its readers.
但是Henschke博士曾向杂志披露，她和她的大学曾向CT扫描设备公司通用电气授权过一项CT放映相关的专利，而NEJM当时并没有打算将这一事实告知读者。
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