The fallacy of enrolling only high-risk subjects in cancer prevention trials: Is there a "free lunch"?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is a common belief that most cancer prevention trials should be restricted to high-risk subjects in order to increase statistical power. This strategy is appropriate if the ultimate target population is subjects at the same hig...

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Main Authors: Corle Donald, Kramer Barnett S, Baker Stuart G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/4/24