title: Why do we continue to adopt medical practices based on pathophysiology alone when we should be insisting on clinical trials?
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, 10/12N226, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: vinayak.prasad@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D059039:Standard of Care; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards