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. 2008 Jul;4(4):162-8.
doi: 10.1200/JOP.0842001.

Barriers to enrollment of elderly adults in early-phase cancer clinical trials

Michele Basche  1 , Anna E Barón, S Gail Eckhardt, Lodovico Balducci, Martha Persky, Adrah Levin, Nathaniel Jackson, Chan Zeng, Pamela Vranas, John F Steiner
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Barriers to enrollment of elderly adults in early-phase cancer clinical trials

Michele Basche et al. J Oncol Pract. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

Potential strategies to overcome barriers to enrollment of seniors into early-phase trials.

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