Steven Piantadosi, Oncology Biostatistics, Baltimore, USA

Although a great deal has been written about clinical trials and related areas in recent years, there is still a need among physicians and biostatisticians for direct, relevant, accounts of basic statistical methods in clinical trials. This book aims to meet that need by providing such information at a level equally accessible to those from the medical and from the biostatistical side of clinical trials. The author presents concepts that unify all designed studies rather than ideas that distinguish them, and discusses and explores controversial issues such as ethics, misconduct, research fraud and prognostic factor analysis. Supported by a data disk, this book will enlighten a wide audience ranging from biostatisticians to clinical researchers, oncologists and clinical trialists.

Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics: Applied Section