Landscape of cancer clinical trials in Australia: Using trial registries to guide future research

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Dear, Rachel F ^a   Barratt, Alexandra L ^b   McGeechan, Kevin ^b   Askie, Lisa ^a   Simes, John ^a   Tattersall, Martin H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79955486528     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03027.x     Document Type: Article

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