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Introduction

People expect doctors to use treatments that work well and to stop using those that do not. However, it is often difficult for doctors and other scientists to tell which treatments work. Making this distinction is part of the science of medicine and usually involves the conduction of clinical trials.

Last full review/revision December 2006 by Kenneth A. Getz, MBA; Oren Traub, MD, PhD

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