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

Isabelle Boutron, Douglas G. Altman, Sally Hopewell, Francisco Vera-Badillo, Ian F. Tannock, Philippe Ravaud

Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2014 · 348 citations · 20 references

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Spin in abstracts can have an impact on clinicians' interpretation of the trial results.

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Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study

Lesley Wood, Matthias Egger, Lise Lotte Gluud et al. · BMJ · 2008 · 2.5K citations · Full text

Reporting and Interpretation of Randomized Controlled Trials With Statistically Nonsignificant Results for Primary Outcomes

Isabelle Boutron · JAMA · 2010 · 784 citations

CONSORT for reporting randomised trials in journal and conference abstracts

Sally Hopewell, Mike Clarke, David Moher et al. · The Lancet · 2008 · 442 citations

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Do Physicians Understand Cancer Screening Statistics? A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians in the United States

Odette Wegwarth, Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2012 · 306 citations

Accuracy of Data in Abstracts of Published Research Articles

Roy M. Pitkin · JAMA · 1999 · 299 citations