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Peter C Gøtzsche
Researcher at Cochrane Collaboration
Publications - 426
Citations - 191584
Peter C Gøtzsche is an academic researcher from Cochrane Collaboration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Clinical trial & Systematic review. The author has an hindex of 90, co-authored 413 publications receiving 147009 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter C Gøtzsche include University of Copenhagen & Copenhagen University Hospital.
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Dependence and withdrawal reactions to benzodiazepines and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. How did the health authorities react
TL;DR: Given the experience with the benzodiazepines, the regulatory bodies should have required studies from the manufacturers that could have elucidated the dependence potential of the SSRIs before marketing authorization was granted.
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Thirteen years of breast screening had no measurable effect on breast cancer mortality in Norway
TL;DR: The results show that there is no measurable effect of breast screening in Copenhagen and Funen and the assessment of prior mammography use is flawed and it is speculative whether opportunistic screening will ‘‘dilute’’ a screening effect.
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Fall in breast cancer deaths: A cause for celebration, and caution
TL;DR: The figure in the news item by Mayor shows that UK breast cancer mortality has fallen steadily since 1989, and the NHS breast screening programme has contributed, but it was introduced in 1988, only a year before the decline began.