Conference
Why Cancer Patients Enter Randomized Clinical Trials: Exploring the Factors That Influence Their Decision
Abstract
PURPOSE: Few interventions have been designed and tested to improve recruitment to clinical trials in oncology. The multiple factors influencing patients' decisions have made the prioritization of specific interventions challenging. The present study was undertaken to identify the independent predictors of a cancer patient's decision to enter a randomized clinical trial.
METHODS: A list of factors from the medical literature was augmented with …
Authors
Wright JR; Whelan TJ; Schiff S; Dubois S; Crooks D; Haines PT; DeRosa D; Roberts RS; Gafni A; Pritchard K
Volume
22
Pagination
pp. 4312-4318
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
November 1, 2004
DOI
10.1200/jco.2004.01.187
Conference proceedings
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Issue
21
ISSN
0732-183X