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The Analysis of Clinical Trials in Leukaemia

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Three related questions which have been discussed at this meeting fall within the fields of epidemiology and medical statistics. These questions are:

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    Why does the “same” protocol produce different results at different centres?

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    How should the results of clinical trials be presented (published)?

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    What statistical methods should be used in the analysis of trial results?

It has always appeared to me that to make one’s point in discussing such questions a certain amount of exaggeration is desirable. I will follow this rule.

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  1. DHSS Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, Department of the Regius, Oxford University, Oxford, England

    M. C. Pike

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  1. Institut de Cancèrologie et d’Immunogènètique, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14-16 Avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, Villejuif, 94800, France

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  2. Unité Fred-Siguieur de Dévelopment Therapeutique, Institut de Cancérologie et d’Immunogénétique, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, 14-16 Avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, 94800, Villejuif, France

    L. Schwarzenberg

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Pike, M.C. (1973). The Analysis of Clinical Trials in Leukaemia. In: Mathé, G., Pouillart, P., Schwarzenberg, L. (eds) Nomenclature, Methodology and Results of Clinical Trials in Acute Leukemias. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80776-3_22

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