ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PALLIATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A PHASE IV STUDY OF PATIENTS TREATED AT ONTARIO’S CANCER CENTRES

Background: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for assessing the efficacy of a medical treatment. However, the efficacy demonstrated by trials does not automatically translate into a comparable level of effectiveness in the real world. RCTs may vary from routine clinical pr...

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Main Author: HARRISON, Lyndsay Dawn
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7094