Randomized Clinical Trial

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Randomized controlled trial

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A clinical trial in which the participants are assigned randomly (by chance alone) to different treatments.

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University Professor of Genetics, German Cancer Research Center - DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Manfred Schwab

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(2011). Randomized Clinical Trial. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_6515

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Published: 10 March 2017
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