Sample sizes for randomized trials measuring quality of life in cancer patients
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Quality of Life Research
- Vol. 6 (2) , 109-17
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026481815304
Abstract
This paper describes the methods appropriate for calculating sample sizes for clinical trials assessing quality of life (QOL). An example from a randomized trial of patients with small cell lung...Keywords
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