美国癌症试验可能会像奥兹莫比尔汽车一样消失。

US cancer trials may go the way of the Oldsmobile.

机构信息

Center for Management Research in Healthcare at the Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, OR, USA.

出版信息

Nat Med. 2010 Jun;16(6):632. doi: 10.1038/nm0610-632.

DOI:10.1038/nm0610-632

PMID:20526311

Abstract

Cancer clinical trials in the US are at a major crossroads. Current government-sponsored research is some of the best in the world, but the field shares a worrying number of similarities with the American auto industry in its heyday. For clinical research to survive, the field must transform itself now to prevent a similar decline.

摘要

美国的癌症临床试验正处于一个重要的十字路口。目前由政府资助的研究是世界上最好的研究之一，但该领域与美国汽车工业的鼎盛时期存在令人担忧的许多相似之处。为了使临床研究能够生存下去，该领域现在必须进行自我转型，以防止类似的衰退。