Enrollment in Cancer Trials
wrote an interesting post today on
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Enrollment in Cancer Trials Posted on March 31, 2008 by Arnon Krongrad, MD We say that we need clinical trials. Now we know why: few patients are enrolled. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that the overall enrollement in cancer trials hovers in the very low single digits. Men were less likely than women to enroll. Enrollment was lower for African-American and older patients. Lack of enrollment badly hampers the relevance (generalizability) of any trial. This is be
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