## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Patients in Phase I clinical trials sometimes report high expectations regarding the benefit of treatment. The authors examined a range of patient characteristics to determine which factors were associated with greater expectations of benefit from Phase I trials. ## METH
Clinical benefit of early phase clinical trial participation for advanced sarcoma patients
β Scribed by Robin L. Jones; David Olmos; Khin Thway; Cyril Fisher; Nina Tunariu; Sophie Postel-Vinay; Michelle Scurr; Johann de Bono; Stan B. Kaye; Ian R. Judson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 400 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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