Clinical trials are mandatory for improving surgical cancer care

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-378

  Petrelli, Nicholas J ^a  

^a HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037116645     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.3.377     Document Type: Editorial

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