Objectives We evaluated the presence and frequency of spin practices and poor reporting
standards in studies that developed and/or validated clinical prediction models using …

Objectives In biomedical research, spin is the overinterpretation of findings, and it is a
growing concern. To date, the presence of spin has not been evaluated in prognostic model …

'Required reading for everyone'Adam Rutherford Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science
Book Prize 2021 Medicine, education, psychology, economics-wherever it really matters, we …

Objectives To develop a framework to identify and evaluate spin practices and its facilitators
in studies on clinical prediction model regardless of the modeling technique. Study Design …

Elevated levels of miR-21 expression are associated with many cancers, suggesting it may
be a promising clinical biomarker. In prostate cancer (PCa), however, there is still no …

Background Despite the increasing number of biomarker studies published in the transplant
literature over the past 20 years, demonstrations of their clinical benefit and their …

Abstract Background In 2016 a French law created a new right for end-of-life patients: deep
and continuous sedation maintained until death, with discontinuation of all treatments …

Human gene research studies that describe wrongly identified nucleotide sequence
reagents have been mostly identified in journals of low to moderate impact factor, where …

Background Factors contributing to the lack of understanding of research studies include
poor reporting practices, such as selective reporting of statistically significant findings or …

In 2005, several experts in tumor biomarker research publishe the REporting
recommendations for Tumor MARKer prognostic studies (REMARK) criteria. Coupled with …