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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2012

The importance of doing trials right while doing the right trials.

David M Dilts, Steven K Cheng

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David M DiltsKnight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA. dilts@ohsu.edu
Steven K Cheng

Funding

Understanding the origins of rapid recurrence of pancreatic cancer after resectionP30CA069533 · NCI · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Luiz Eduardo Bertassoni · 1997 to 2026
$60.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA069533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effort is being expended in investigating efficiency measures (i.e., doing trials right) through achievement of accrual and endpoint goals for clinical trials. It is time to assess the impact of such trials on meeting the critical needs of cancer patients by establishing effectiveness measures (i.e., doing the right trials).

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Clinical Trials, Phase III as TopicHumansNeoplasmsResearch Design

Identifiers

PMID22072734
PMCPMC4494860

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