The Lancet  
May 14, 2011  Volume 377  Number 9778  Pages 1625 – 1718
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Sharing information on adverse events
Koichiro Yuji, Hiroto Narimatsu, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Tsunehiko Komatsu, Masahiro Kami

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The communication gap between researchers and the mass media has become a serious problem worldwide. Emotive media reports have amplified people’s distrust in medicine, and have widened the communication gap between medical professionals and patients. Japan recently experienced a case of a misleading media report about a cancer vaccine clinical trial which had a great impact on cancer patients.