Boris Cvek
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Boris Cvek
@boriscvek.bsky.social
I am a scientist, a philosopher and a publicist. My main scientific topic is the repurposing of disulfiram for cancer. Here I want to show how sloppy science, paper by paper, makes disulfiram look like a cure-all.
Do they really work? "Fewer than a third of indications approved with immature survival data showed a statistically significant overall survival benefit after approval. " www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Overall survival benefits of cancer drugs initially approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on the basis of immature survival data: a retrospective analysis
Fewer than a third of indications approved with immature survival data showed a statistically significant overall survival benefit after approval. Notable inconsistencies in timing and availability of information after approval across different sources emphasise the need for better reporting standards.
www.thelancet.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Disulfiram has randomised, double-blind clinical trial results for metastatic lung cancer. They were published 10 years ago and nothing has happened. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25777347/
A phase IIb trial assessing the addition of disulfiram to chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer - PubMed
The addition of disulfiram to a combination regimen of cisplatin and vinorelbine was well tolerated and appeared to prolong survival in patients with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer. The re...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM