Mouth cancer data faked, journal says

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Mouth cancer data faked, journal says

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:22:44 -0800

 

 

 

Mouth cancer data faked, journal says

 

Nathan Seppa

A study claiming to find that anti-inflammatory drugs,

including ibuprofen, reduce the risk of mouth cancer

in smokers was based on falsified data, according to

medical journal that published the research.

 

of the Norwegian Radium Hospital and the

University of Oslo presented the findings last year at

cancer-research meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

 

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