The Medical Freedom Channel

“It was one of the biggest advances in cancer treatment this year, a drug combination that potentially adds years to the lives of patients whose colon cancer has spread. But the research that led to the finding could never have been conducted in the United States, because most Americans wouldn’t have been willing to participate in a trial, like this one, where there was a strong chance that they would be assigned to a group that did not get the experimental chemotherapy. … Thirty-six years after the United States declared ‘war’ on cancer, scientists are increasingly fighting its battles in other countries, where doctors have an easier time persuading patients to take part in experiments and ethical rules for human research are sometimes looser.” (12/29/07)