"Columbia Surgeon Continues Publishing Flawed Data Despite Study Being Pulled"

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"Columbia Surgeon Continues Publishing Flawed Data Despite Study Being Pulled"
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A 2021 cancer study by Dr. Sam Yoon was quietly withdrawn due to severe data problems, and it was later revealed that this was part of a pattern, with 26 articles containing suspect data. Dr. Yoon, chief of a cancer surgery division at Columbia University, and a junior researcher are under investigation, and a medical journal has retracted one of their articles. The lack of transparency around data problems in scientific publishing is highlighted by this case.

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