Abstract
Often, preliminary study reports show some finite improvement in clinical outcome. However, if no update or final report is published in such an instance, one often suspects gnawingly that somewhere along the line something negative happened and the study was brushed under the proverbial rug. With longer follow-up, either the moderate improvement in outcome disappeared or worse side effects rendered the new regimen a suboptimal choice compared with the standard treatment. Without publication of the long-term follow-up, no one else can learn anything meaningful from the experience. In this issue of the Journal, Miller et al. ( 1 Miller K, Shafman T, Anscher M, et al. Bronchial stenosis: An underreported complication of high dose external beam radiotherapy for lung cancer? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005;61: 64–70 Google Scholar ) deserve our congratulations and gratitude for reporting the important finding of bronchial stenosis after higher doses of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for lung cancer. That is what is good.
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