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Predicting Response to Placebos in Oncology


 

What is the role of placebos in oncology? What works and what doesn't? And could placebos be more than just controls and be used as an intervention? And if so, which patients would respond to placebos? A panel of experts discuss these questions during a gathering at the 7th annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference.

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