Physicians' Reasons for Not Entering Eligible Patients in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Surgery for Breast Cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 310, Issue 21, 1984, Pages 1363-1367

  Taylor, Kathryn M ^a   Margolese, Richard G ^a   Soskolne, Colin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY; THERAPY;

EID: 0021339672     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198405243102106     Document Type: Article

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