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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 1, 1,
January 1, 2003
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Responses of Cancer Patients to Placebos
Randomized controlled trials of new disease treatments, including some treatments for cancer, often include a placebo control arm. It is well known that patients given a placebo often show some relief from disease symptoms, but the extent to which placebo treatment of cancer patients leads to improvement in symptoms or quality of life, or in tumor responses, is not known. To investigate this question, Chvetzoff and Tannock (p. 19) searched the literature for randomized controlled trials in oncology with a placebo arm or a best supportive care arm. Their analysis of the outcomes of
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