“These are mostly unpublished, preliminary results.
Abstracts that are released at a major medical conference are snippets of studies that usually have not been peer-reviewed nor published in medical journals. They should be approached with great caution. Without reading through the full details of a study, it’s impossible to know important limitations, such as a high drop-out rate among the treatment group. We also can’t see the list of adverse events. Many studies presented as meeting abstracts may never even get published in a journal.”
6 things to keep in mind if you read cancer-related news in the next few days
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2017/06/6-things-keep-mind-read-cancer-related-news-next-days/
“These are mostly unpublished, preliminary results. Abstracts that are released at a major medical conference are snippets of studies that usually have not been peer-reviewed nor published in medical journals. They should be approached with great caution. Without reading through the full details of a study, it’s impossible to know important limitations, such as a high drop-out rate among the treatment group. We also can’t see the list of adverse events. Many studies presented as meeting abstracts may never even get published in a journal.”
and tips for analyzing studies
https://www.healthnewsreview.org/toolkit/tips-for-understanding-studies/
How about one weird trick? Or is there something I would be surprised to learn?
What it this clickbait shit?