Comparative effectiveness research in cancer screening programmes
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Comparative effectiveness research in cancer screening programmes.
In recent decades, cancer screening programmes (screening that is publicly organised and includes invitation procedures for eligible people of the average risk population in the screening area) have been established in many countries. While cancer screening in the context of clinical trials is innovative and investigative, cancer screening programmes themselves are largely static and not design...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2864