NKI withdraws two scientific publications
10-15-2010
Amsterdam, 30-08-2010
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) has asked the editorial staff of two scientific journals to withdraw two of its publications. Both articles describe fundamental research on the mechanism of metastasis, carried out by one of NKI’s PhD students. After the first indications that the published results could not be reproduced an internal committee was installed to investigate the matter. The committee concluded that the PhD student conducted and documented his research in an inadequate way, below academic standards.
The NKI Board of Directors has informed the Dutch Cancer Society who has funded this research. The grant will be fully refunded. The PhD student is no longer working at the NKI. The NKI declares that no patients were involved in this research. The withdrawal of the articles has no consequences for existing or future medical treatments.