title: A tale of two methods: randomization versus matching trials in clinical research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, School of Medicine, CA 94305-5718, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D018401:Sample Size; D016019:Survival Analysis