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Deciding To Enrol In A Cancer Trial: A Systematic Review Of Qualitative Studies, Bianca Viljoen, Suzanne K. Chambers, Jeff Dunn, Nicholas Ralph, Sonja March
Deciding To Enrol In A Cancer Trial: A Systematic Review Of Qualitative Studies, Bianca Viljoen, Suzanne K. Chambers, Jeff Dunn, Nicholas Ralph, Sonja March
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© 2020 Viljoen et al. Background: Clinical trials are essential for the advancement of cancer treatments; how-ever, participation by patients is suboptimal. Currently, there is a lack of synthesized qualitative review evidence on the patient experience of trial entry from which to further develop decision support. The aim of this review is to synthesise literature reporting experiences of participants when deciding to enrol in a cancer clinical trial in order to inform practice. Methods: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies were conducted to describe the experiences of adult cancer patients who decided to enrol in a clinical trial …