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National Cancer Institute: What is a Clinical Trial?

This website provides a definition of clinical trials and how they are used to further cancer research. There is also an overview of the different types of treatments: treatment trials, prevention trials, screening trials, and quality of life trials. NCI also maps out the four phases of a clinical trial and what occurs in each phase.
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clinical trial, phases, trials, studies
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Material Type:
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Date Added to MERLOT:
January 18, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 12, 2018
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Caroline Hanley
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High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
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English
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