The CHART trials: Bayesian design and monitoring in practice. CHART Steering Committee.

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Published in Stat Med on December 21, 1994

Authors

M K Parmar1, D J Spiegelhalter, L S Freedman

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Cancer Trials Office, Cambridge, U.K.

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