Improving recruitment to clinical trials for regional and rural cancer patients through a regionally based clinical trials network

Arun Muthusamy¹, Donna Long², Craig R Underhill^{1

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Arun Muthusamy et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;214(10):453-454.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.51078. Epub 2021 May 14.

Arun Muthusamy¹, Donna Long², Craig R Underhill^{1

3}

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Keywords: Cancer care facilities; Clinical trials as topic; Healthcare disparities; Rural health services.

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