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. 2007 Oct 4;6(1):19–30. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nem121

Table 2.

Example: recruitment and randomization in mistletoe studies (39)

N Characteristics Exclusion Reasons for exclusion
1922 Breast operation from May 1999 to August 2001 in Heidelberg university hospital 518 Only biopsy, benign tumor
1404 Diagnosis breast cancer 883 Inclusion criteria not fulfilled or exclusion criteria fulfilled: no primary breast cancer (316), other stage (105), pre-operative chemotherapy (72), age (63), other missing inclusion criteria (73), other exclusion criteria (254)
521 Post-operative check of inclusion and exclusion criteria with clinical registry 367 Refusal of trial in general (184), logistics (74), mistletoe preferred (51), no histology (42), participation in other study (13), refusal of chemotherapy (3)
154 Patient interview: all inclusion and exclusion criteria OK 80 No chemotherapy (55) or other chemotherapy (inclusion criteria) (19), other reasons (6)
74 Study group 45 Prefers to determine the therapy (22), prefers mistletoe (14), prefers no injections (4), other (5)
29 Willing to be randomized