Do participants in adjuvant breast cancer trials reflect the breast cancer patient population?. Issue 8 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Treweek, Shaun; Dryden, Ruth; McCowan, Colin; Harrow, Alison; Thompson, Alastair M.
• Is Part Of: European journal of cancer. Volume 51:Issue 8(2015:May)
• Page Start: 907
• Page End: 914
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Cancer -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Périodiques; Cancer; Tumors; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.994
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.01.064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-8049

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st060">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0165">Breast cancer trials are more inclusive than chronic disease trials.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0170">Despite this, it was rare for more than 45% of women to be eligible.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0175">Clinical and trial eligibility criteria are sometimes substantially different.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0180">Many women receive treatments tested in trials for which they would be ineligible.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>