A systemic review of Toxic Death in clinical oncology trials: An Achilles heel in safety reporting revisited

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Penninckx, B ^a   Van De Voorde, W M ^b   Casado, A ^c   Reed, N ^d   Moulin, C ^a   Karrasch, M ^a  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; EORTC; oncological trial; toxic death

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862989462     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.252     Document Type: Review

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