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Review
. 2004 Oct 23;329(7472):966-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.966.

Individual response to treatment: is it a valid assumption?

Stephen Senn  1
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Review

Individual response to treatment: is it a valid assumption?

Stephen Senn. BMJ. .

Abstract

Most drug trials assume that patients respond consistently to treatment, but the assumption is rarely tested. If patients vary randomly in their response to a drug rather than some patients never responding, searches for a genetic basis for non-response are futile

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Is individual response to a drug consistent? Credit: BSIP/PIKO/SPL
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