In a two-year investigation, Matthew Ong covered the controversy over power morcellation, a then-common gynaecological procedure.



His in-depth reporting contributed to changes in public policy, hospitals across the US stopped performing the surgery; and insurance companies have largely stopped covering the procedure. It also played a role in the ending of a related clinical trial at a Harvard hospital.



The reporter for The Cancer Letter shares his views on cancer research, public policy and health journalism.

In a two-year investigation, Matthew Ong covered the controversy over power morcellation, a then-common gynaecological procedure. His in-depth reporting contributed to changes in public policy, hospitals across the US stopped performing the surgery; and insurance companies have largely stopped covering the procedure. It also played a role in the ending of a related clinical trial at a Harvard hospital. The reporter for The Cancer Letter shares his views on cancer research, public policy and health journalism.

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