Surgery: Limitations of prospective surgical oncology trials - a US view

Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan;13(1):6-8. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2015.212. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Authors

Charles M Balch¹, Heidi Nelson², John E Niederhuber³

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-8548, USA.
² Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
³ Inova Fairfax Hopsital, Cancer Center, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, Virginia 22042, USA.

PMID: 26598945
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2015.212

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research
Clinical Trials as Topic* / standards
Clinical Trials as Topic* / statistics & numerical data
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Medical Oncology*
Neoplasms / surgery*
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
United States