The harms of early cessation of trials on systematic reviews

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¹ Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
³ Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. Electronic address: s.wigmore@ed.ac.uk.

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Cameron J Fairfield et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Sep.

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¹ Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK.
² Department of Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
³ Department of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. Electronic address: s.wigmore@ed.ac.uk.

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Dijkgraaf MG, van Hilst J, Bossuyt PM, Besselink MG; Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. Dijkgraaf MG, et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Sep;4(9):667-668. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30228-6. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019. PMID: 31387729 No abstract available.

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