Randomised clinical trials in Cancer Research

What is it about?

Ethical considerations and concerns in allocating at random, treatment or indeed placebo, to patients afflicted with cancer. Will progress in cancer treatment suffer if randomised trials were abandoned, in favour of treating with new drugs, without randomisation, patients whose cancer has progressed against earlier treatments?

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Why is it important?

Patients receiving treatment expect and are entitled to an anticipated benefit. Such perceived benefit, is not always served with randomised trials.