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Do you know anything about clinical trials?
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Yes: Clinical trials are studies aimed at asking if a particular therapy is effective. Therapies can be any type of intervention- surgery, drugs, radiation, supportive care. To compare different options, randomization is often used to eliminate bias.
Answered 12/12/2012
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