False-positive results are an inherent risk in cancer research, particularly in observational epidemiology studies. The frequency and impact of misleading results can be mitigated if researchers use ...

At the turn of the 21st century, University of Bristol epidemiologist George Davey Smith was growing dissatisfied with his field. “I’ve been working in epidemiology for a very long time,” he says.

Comparative effectiveness research increasingly is being recognized as a priority area in cancer research. Although researchers have been conducting comparative effectiveness research for decades, ...

Mutational Analysis of Patients With Colorectal Cancer in CALGB/SWOG 80405 Identifies New Roles of Microsatellite Instability and Tumor Mutational Burden for Patient Outcome Comparative efficacy ...