Early warning: An ailing canary in the mine

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3799-3800

  Dilts, David M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANARY; CANCER RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MINING; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956239842     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.8810     Document Type: Editorial

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