Is patient travel distance associated with survival on phase II clinical trials in oncology?

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on September 17, 2003

Authors

Elizabeth B Lamont1, Davinder Hayreh, Kate E Pickett, James J Dignam, Marcy A List, Kerstin M Stenson, Daniel J Haraf, Bruce E Brockstein, Sarah A Sellergren, Everett E Vokes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. elamont@partners.org

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