Study Finds Conflicts of Interest in Cancer Research ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) - A study released by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center today says the most frequent conflict of interest was industry funding of cancer trials. That was the case in 17 percent of the papers published in the journals.

Twelve percent of the papers had an author who was an industry employee.

Dr. Reshma Jagsi is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the U of M Medical School.

"Disclosure is an important first step, and certainly allows us to recognize that a person may have a conflict of interest," Jagsi says. "But we're seeing such a high frequency of conflict of interest that disclosure is probably not enough."

Jagsi says public funding of research would be a better alternative.
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