This week in PLoS Medicine: Six-gene predictor in pancreatic cancer treatment; Reviews for devices; Evidence-based policy in Africa

Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine: Jen Jen Yeh and colleagues developed and validated a six-gene signature in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that may be used to better stage the disease in these patients and assist in treatment decisions.

Using examples from recent FDA regulatory proceedings, Jonas Hines and colleagues critique the medical device premarket review and identify eight weaknesses in the process that should be remedied.

Lastly, as part of our continuing series on maternal, neonatal, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Igor Rudan and colleagues discuss various priority-setting tools for health care and research that can help develop evidence-based policy. See the earlier blog about the series with all articles which lists all the articles as they are published.

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