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. 2009 Mar;5(2):50-6.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.0922001.

Physician-related factors involved in patient decisions to enroll onto cancer clinical trials

Robert L Comis  1 , Jon D Miller, Diane D Colaizzi, Linda G Kimmel
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Physician-related factors involved in patient decisions to enroll onto cancer clinical trials

Robert L Comis et al. J Oncol Pract. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

The development of new cancer therapies requires additional, and more complex, clinical trials. But only approximately 3% to 5% of adult cancer patients participate in cancer clinical trials. This study seeks to identify and understand the attitudes of the public and cancer survivors toward health-related decisions and cancer clinical trials to identify the key factors that must be addressed to increase that percentage.

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