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Imaging, radiation oncology and randomised trials: Time for a change?
Author(s) -
Duchesne Gillian M,
Wang ShihChang,
Hicks Rodney J
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02235.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation oncology , medical physics , surrogate endpoint , relevance (law) , clinical trial , randomized controlled trial , clinical practice , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine , radiation therapy , radiology , pathology , political science , law
Summary We discuss the relevance of current trends in clinical trial conduct in light of the burgeoning need to underpin our practice with evidence, the contribution of novel imaging approaches to provide acceptable surrogate endpoints of effect and their place in the individualised medicine of the future.