Placebo Effects in Oncology
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Placebo effects in oncology.
BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that placebo treatment can have positive effects on a variety of disorders and disease-related symptoms. However, the methodology used to collect and interpret the data may not have been ideal, because the studies were not double-blinded or the endpoints were not properly validated. The purpose of the present study was to determine the probability of i...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.1.19