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Jeffrey S. Abrams
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Associate Director, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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A flowchart illustrates the clinical trial process in six stages: discovery and development, protocol creation, protocol review, trials (phases 1 to 3), regulatory review and approval, and postmarketing surveillance (phase 4).
Clinical trial, formal testing of a specific treatment or other health-related intervention to determine its role in the standard care of individuals with a corresponding medical condition. Ideally, before new drugs and other treatments, diagnostic tests, or preventive measures are accepted for…
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