Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 319-322 , June 2005

Oncology treatment recommendations can be supported only by 1–2% of high-quality published evidence

  • Sam Vincent

      Affiliations

    • Bazian Ltd, 138 Upper Street, London N1 1QP, UK
    • ,
  • Benjamin Djulbegovic

      Affiliations

    • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Tampa, FL, USA

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PII: S0305-7372(05)00072-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.04.001

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 319-322 , June 2005

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