Results of a breast-cancer-surgery trial compared with observational data from routine practice
The LancetPublished 1 April 1996
E Marubini, Ettore Marubini, Luigi Mariani, B Salvadori, Roberto Saccozzi, Mirella Merson
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Out-trial patients fared no worse than trial patients in terms of survival or distant metastasis after adjustment for baseline characteristics, and the results of clinical trials did not exaggerate the benefits obtainable in routine practice.
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The results of QUART in out-trial patients resembled those reported from research settings. In this instance, the results of clinical trials did not exaggerate the benefits obtainable in routine practice.
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