Clinical Trials in Oncology

This book contains studies that are unimpeachably thorough, non-political, unbiased, and properly designed! These are the standards to which everyone in clinical research aspires. Yet, the difficulties in designing trials and interpreting data are subtle and ever present. The new edition of "Clinical Trials in Oncology" provides a concise, nontechnical, and now thoroughly up-to-date review of methods and issues related to clinical trials. The authors emphasize the importance of proper study design, analysis, and data management and identify the major pitfalls that are seemingly inherent in these processes.This edition includes a new section that describes recent innovations in Phase I designs. Another new section on microarray data examines the challenges presented by massive data sets and describes approaches used to meet those challenges. As always, the authors use clear, lucid prose and a multitude of real-world trials as examples to convey the principles of successful trials without the need for a strong statistics or mathematics background. Although the book focuses on cancer trials, the issues and concepts are important in any clinical setting. "Clinical Trials in Oncology, Second Edition" works to improve the mutual understanding by clinicians and statisticians of the principles of clinical trials and helps them avoid the many hazards that can jeopardize the success of a trial.

ISBN 1584883022   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781584883029 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 548 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Published in Bosa Roca Imprint Chapman & Hall/CRC   Series editor Keiding, N., Keiding, N., Keiding, Niels (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Format Hardback   Series title Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics Series Publication date 30 Jul 2002   Previous ISBN 9780412996313 Library of Congress 02023356   Height (mm) 235 DEWEY 616.992027   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 21 Pages 280   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Acknowledgments
1		Introduction		1
2		Statistical Concepts		11
3		The Design of Clinical Trials		41
4		Multi-Arm Trials		79
5		Interim Analysis and Data Monitoring Committees		97
6		Data Management and Quality Control		123
7		Reporting of Results		165
8		Pitfalls		181
9		Exploratory Analyses		209
10		Summary and Conclusions		233
		Bibliography		237
		Index		253

"The dedication of the authors to enhancing the quality of clinical trials in oncology is evident from this book. This book will be useful to students, clinical research nurses and medical statisticians involved in oncology trials. I also recommend it to libraries and clinical institutions." - Clinical Trials 2004 "With over 60 years combined experience, the authors are ideally positioned to discuss the various statistical issues apparent in clinical trials, identifying alternative solutions, providing logical arguments for and against the various solutions. This book is also recommended for statisticians actively involved in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trial data (not only cancer clinical trials)." -Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics "A concise, easily readable, and thorough summaryALL medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, and clinical research nurse academic training programs should provide this important text to trainees on Day 1." -Charles R. Thomas Jr., MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA "Succinct and focused[This book] is clear, cogent, and practical. It is structured so that statisticians can use specific sections as starting point to develop shared understandings with investigators, study coordinators, and data managersIt has been useful to me and my clients, and I look forward to the second edition." -Marlene Egger, University of Utah, USA

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