It is disappointing to see this kind of mentality in science, which is built on a foundation of the primacy and public availability of measurement.<p>To see an oncologist from Harvard &#x2F; Dana Farber get something so wrong is really sad.<p>Self interest is an incredibly strong and insidious influence on our opinions, and I suspect it comes into play when senior academics stake out positions like this. Would they have agreed 20 years earlier in their careers? I doubt it.