Interpreting data from randomized trials: the Scandinavian prostatectomy study illustrates two common errors.
Vickers
Andrew
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. vickersa@mskcc.org
D015982:Bias; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries