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Posted by Prof. Sunil Kumar Joshi on 13 Aug 2012 07:34:11 AM GMT

What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
Author claims that Molecular Targeted Therapy is a new type of cancer therapy and will be the mainstream teatment modality in the future.
Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
The claims are novel. As it is a My Opinion paper, necessary research on previous published papers on Molecular targeted thearapy has not been done here.
Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

Only to some extent. More literature search is required.
Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

Only to some extent.
If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

NA
Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

No
Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

Pease see the comments below.
Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
We need more in depth My Opinion articles written in a proper way.
Other Comments:
While writng a My Opinion paper I would suggest the author to keep in mind certain things as below:

1. Do your research

2. Choose a position

3. Write in the first person

4. Include supporting facts and/or examples

5. Don’t overanalyze the article.
Competing interests:
No
Invited by the author to review this article? :
No
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
References:
None
Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

More than 10 years in bio-medical publishing.
How to cite: Joshi S .Author's Opinion on [Review of the article 'Molecular Targeted Therapy: Cancer Therapy of the Future. ' by Varma C].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002179

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Molecular Target Therapy: Cancer Therapy of the Future

Posted by Prof. Valcinir Bedin on 18 Jun 2012 06:33:38 PM GMT

What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
As "my opinion" paper it was well written and of ease reading
Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes
Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

Yes. It gave us a brief summary of these kinf of drugs
Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

NA
If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

NA
Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

NA
Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

NA
Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
Yes. It is a good paper to whom are linked to cancer in anyway
Other Comments:
I think we have to encourage more colleagues to perform this type of "my opinion" papers.
Competing interests:
No
Invited by the author to review this article? :
No
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
References:
None
Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

I have a mastership anda a doctorate in skin cancers.
How to cite: Bedin V .Molecular Target Therapy: Cancer Therapy of the Future[Review of the article 'Molecular Targeted Therapy: Cancer Therapy of the Future. ' by Varma C].WebmedCentral 2012;3(6):WMCRW001941

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