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Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies?
The term "translational research" is used to describe the transfer of basic biological knowledge into practical medicine, a process necessary for motivation of public spending. In the area of cancer therapeutics, it is becoming increasingly evident that results obtained in vitro and in ani...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-1-4 |
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author | Linder, Stig Shoshan, Maria C |
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description | The term "translational research" is used to describe the transfer of basic biological knowledge into practical medicine, a process necessary for motivation of public spending. In the area of cancer therapeutics, it is becoming increasingly evident that results obtained in vitro and in animal models are difficult to translate into clinical medicine. We here argue that a number of factors contribute to making the translation process inefficient. These factors include the use of sensitive cell lines and fast growing experimental tumors as targets for novel therapies, and the use of unrealistic drug concentrations and radiation doses. We also argue that aggressive interpretation of data, successful in hypothesis-building biological research, does not form a solid base for development of clinically useful treatment modalities. We question whether "clean" results obtained in simplified models, expected for publication in high-impact journals, represent solid foundations for improved treatment of patients. Open-access journals such as Radiation Oncology have a large mission to fulfill by publishing relevant data to be used for making actual progress in translational cancer research. |
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spelling | pubmed-14591832006-05-11 Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? Linder, Stig Shoshan, Maria C Radiat Oncol Commentary The term "translational research" is used to describe the transfer of basic biological knowledge into practical medicine, a process necessary for motivation of public spending. In the area of cancer therapeutics, it is becoming increasingly evident that results obtained in vitro and in animal models are difficult to translate into clinical medicine. We here argue that a number of factors contribute to making the translation process inefficient. These factors include the use of sensitive cell lines and fast growing experimental tumors as targets for novel therapies, and the use of unrealistic drug concentrations and radiation doses. We also argue that aggressive interpretation of data, successful in hypothesis-building biological research, does not form a solid base for development of clinically useful treatment modalities. We question whether "clean" results obtained in simplified models, expected for publication in high-impact journals, represent solid foundations for improved treatment of patients. Open-access journals such as Radiation Oncology have a large mission to fulfill by publishing relevant data to be used for making actual progress in translational cancer research. BioMed Central 2006-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC1459183/ /pubmed/16722592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-1-4 Text en Copyright © 2006 Linder and Shoshan; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Linder, Stig Shoshan, Maria C Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title | Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title_full | Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title_fullStr | Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title_full_unstemmed | Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title_short | Is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
title_sort | is translational research compatible with preclinical publication strategies? |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-1-4 |
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