Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article using surrogate end points

Authors :: Gallo, Lucas
Eskicioglu, Cagla
Braga, Luis H.
Farrokhyar, Forough
Thoma, Achilleas
Source :: Canadian Journal of Surgery. August 1, 2017, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p280, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: SUMMARY Phase 3 randomized controlled trials are the widely accepted gold standard through which treatment decisions are made, as they assess the efficacy of a novel treatment against the control [...]

Subjects :: Patients -- Care and treatment
Practice guidelines (Medicine) -- Evaluation
Surgeons -- Practice
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