ASCO: Controversies in Phase I Clinical Trials
Steve Joffe, MD discusses the ethical challenges and controversies in phase I clinical cancer trials.
Steve Joffe, MD discusses the ethical challenges and controversies in phase I clinical cancer trials: how physicians should present these clinical trials to patients-phase I trials typically have very low response rates (5% to 10%)-and explain their purpose without exaggerating the likely results.
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