title: [Therapeutic progress. Critical analysis of controled and non-controled clinical studies].
abstract: Methods used in the evaluation of therapeutic results in clinical oncology are criticized on the basis of recent examples of studies including the most-used antitumor agents. The need for random allocation of patients in comparative studies is underlined and the practical, statistical, and ethical limitations on randomization procedures are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011897:Random Allocation
vernacular_title: Le progrès thérapeutique Analyse critique des études cliniques contrôlées et non contrôlées.