Surgeon knows best versus breast cancer surgical clinical trial equipoise: a plea for the sake of future trials

ANZ J Surg. 2017 Mar;87(3):111-112. doi: 10.1111/ans.13831.

Authors

Andrew J Spillane^{1

2}, G Bruce Mann^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Breast and Surgical Oncology at the Poche Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Breast Tumour Stream, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 28253558
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13831

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Clinical Decision-Making / ethics
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Female
Humans
Patient Selection / ethics
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Surgeons
Therapeutic Equipoise*