London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Risks From Stopping Cancer Trials Early!

April 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Source: Annals of Oncology, April 9th, 2008
Giovanni Apolone
Giovanni Apolone

In this edition of Audio News, presented by Peter Goodwin, Giovanni Apolone (Mario Negri Institute, Milan) and Stuart Pocock (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), talk about:

Risks From Stopping Cancer Trials Early!
- A report from Annals of Oncology, April 9th, 2008.

Stuart Pocock
Stuart Pocock

A new publication highlights the danger of stopping cancer clinical trials early following interim analysis before originally planned sample-sizes have been reached.


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