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Illustration of trial conduct. Each circle represents a cohort of three patients, whose toxicity and efficacy outcomes are indicated by different colors. The EffTox design selects dose level 3 as the optimal dose. In contrast, the 3 + 3 design would select dose level 2 as the MTD, which shows little evidence of efficacy.
