title: Randomised comparative studies in the treatment of cancer in the United Kingdom: room for improvement?
abstract: The basic details of randomised clinical studies in cancer treatment under way in the United Kingdom were ascertained in a postal survey. The cancers of major interest were those of lung, breast, colon and rectum, and lymphomas and leukaemias. In general, only a small proportion of cancer patients are entered into clinical studies; and most of the individual studies aim for a small number of patients, with patient entry over a long period.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011897:Random Allocation; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom