Informing breast cancer patients about clinical trials:a randomized clinical trial of an educational booklet
Annals of OncologyPublished 1 September 2002Open access
Peter Ellis, Phyllis Butow, Martin H.N. Tattersall
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Educating women about clinical trials in this manner appears ineffective in improving recruitment to RCTs, and women appear to be more influenced by their perception of risk than understanding.
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Educating women about clinical trials in this manner appears ineffective in improving recruitment to RCTs. Women appear to be more influenced by their perception of risk than understanding. This finding has ethical implications for communication of information about RCTs.
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