Understanding and addressing the lack of clinical trial enrollment among adolescents with cancer

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Tai, Eric ^a   Buchanan, Natasha ^a   Eliman, Dena ^b   Westervelt, Lauren ^b   Beaupin, Lynda ^c   Lawvere, Silvana ^d   Bleyer, Archie ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SciMetrika   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e St Charles Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; Clinical trial enrollment; Oncology; Teens; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENTS; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL ENROLLMENT; ONCOLOGY; TEENS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84901799654     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0122D     Document Type: Article

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