Why are missing quality of life data a problem in clinical trials of cancer therapy?

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 1998, Pages 667-677

  Fairclough, Diane L ^a   Peterson, Harriet F ^b   Chang, Victor ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Section Hematology Oncology   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 2642646228     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<667::aid-sim813>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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