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269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

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Cancer Drugs - How Much More Effective Are They Than Themselves?

The majority of new cancer drugs are marginal, that they offer sort of very small gains at tremendous prices. One drug came out of work here in the oregan health and science university by doctor druker glive. But to some degree, we could have policy changes that could more aline the medical reseach agenda with what really matters to patients and doctors.

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