Impact of Spin in the Abstracts of Articles Reporting Results of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Field of Cancer: The SPIIN Randomized Controlled Trial.

PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the impact of spin (ie, reporting to convince readers that the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment is greater than shown by the results) on the interpretation of results of abstracts of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the field of cancer. METHODS: We pe...

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Main Authors: Boutron, I, Altman, D, Hopewell, S, Vera-Badillo, F, Tannock, I, Ravaud, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2014