Last week we published some new research which showed that 2/3 of new cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency - the drug regulator for Europe - didn’t have any evidence of improved life expectancy or quality of life.
In this interview, Vinau Prasad, ematologist-oncologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Oregon Health and Sciences University, explains how we came to accept surrogate measures in oncology trials, and how he tries to navigate the evidence for his patients.
Read his editorial:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4528
Medicine and Science from The BMJ