CBS story on pancreatic cancer vaccine provides only one glowing anecdote - no data
Updated: 2010-06-30 21:09:51
Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org CBS story on pancreatic cancer vaccine provides only one glowing anecdote no data By Gary Schwitzer on June 30, 2010 4:09 PM No Comments No TrackBacks CBS' Dr . Jennifer Ashton started with the numbers : Pancreatic cancer kills three-quarters of the people diagnosed with it within a year , and 95 percent within five years . But then she stopped . In discussing a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins that is testing a new immune therapy , she gave absolutely no data on what's been seen so far : nothing on how many people tested , for how long , with what results , with what side effects . Nothing . Just gee whiz . And one positive personal anecdote , for which viewers are given no