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Multicenter Collaborative Clinical Trials

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The controlled clinical trial is the most rigorous method we have to evaluate and compare alternative treatments. During the past three decades, controlled trials have almost replaced historical reviews or extensive personal experience as the basis for choosing treatment strategies.

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  1. R. G. Pollock
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  2. C. M. Balch
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  3. E. C. Holmes
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany

    H. Troidl

  2. Joint Centre for Bioethics, and The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street EN 10-230, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    M. F. McKneally

  3. Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4

    D. S. Mulder

  4. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0645, USA

    A. S. Wechsler

  5. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114-2696, USA

    B. McPeek

  6. Genentech, Inc., 460 Point San Bruno Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080-4990, USA

    W. O. Spitzer

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Pollock, R.G., Balch, C.M., Holmes, E.C. (1998). Multicenter Collaborative Clinical Trials. In: Troidl, H., McKneally, M.F., Mulder, D.S., Wechsler, A.S., McPeek, B., Spitzer, W.O. (eds) Surgical Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1888-3_27

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