National cancer clinical trials: Children have equal access; adolescents do not

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 366-373

  Bleyer, W Archie ^a,c   Tejeda, Heriberto ^b   Murphy, Sharon B ^b   Robison, Leslie L ^a   Ross, Julie A ^a   Pollock, Brad H ^b   Severson, Richard K ^a   Brawley, Otis W ^b   Smith, Malcolm A ^b   Ungerleider, Richard S ^b  

^a CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Children's Cancer Study Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; Children's Cancer Group; National cancer trials; Pediatric Oncology Group

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030734508     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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