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Review Article| Volume 32, ISSUE 1, P1-12, January 2023

Fundamentals of Conducting Cooperative Group Trials Through the National Clinical Trials Network

Published:November 03, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2022.07.002

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