Data-Based Radiation Oncology - Design of Clinical Trials

• Main Author: S (auth)
• Other Authors: Kerstin A. Kessel (auth), Fridtjof Nuesslin (auth), Bhadrasain Vikram (auth), Anne W. Lee (auth), Stephanie E. Combs (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Study Management; Clinical trials; Data Collection; Radiation Oncology; Clinical Study design
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In radiation oncology as in many other specialties clinical trials are essential to investigate new therapy approaches. Usually, preparation for a prospective clinical trial is extremely time consuming until ethics approval is obtained. To test a new treatment usually many years pass before it can b...