The importance of reporting patient recruitment details in phase III trials.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on February 20, 2006

Authors

James R Wright1, Sarah Bouma, Ian Dayes, Jonathan Sussman, Marko R Simunovic, Mark N Levine, Tim J Whelan

Author Affiliations

1: Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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