Re: Re: Patients who refuse prostate cancer surgery have worse long-term survival

[Guest guest]

On 6/2/10 Jon wrote, in pertinent part:

> I'd like to read a complete copy of the actual papers, not just the news

> release.

Agreed. I never trust them, and tracking down the original paper

has for the most part borne out my mistrust.

> I suspect the news release may have overstated the actual

> conclusions of the research papers.

Or wrongly stated.

Hardly any of the journalists writing on medical (or any other

technical) subject is able to grasp what it's about. After all,

their job is to sell the publication, no more.

If the news article names at least one author plus roughly the

date of publication and even the name of the publication, it is

usually not difficult to find the source. Just the author and the

date (and we know the subject) are usually enough clues to find

the study on www.PubMed.gov

Works for me.....

Regards,

Steve J

" The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer,

somebody else of the same name. "

-- Aldous Huxley