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Positive results bias in randomized controlled trials in gynecologic oncology

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  1. The Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel

    Gabriel Levin, Liron Kogan, Liat Matan, Benny Brandt & Tamar Perri

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Raanan Meyer

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Raanan Meyer

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All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission. GL, TP and LK: Conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation and methodology, writing—original draft, and writing—review and editing. LM, BB and RM: data acquisition, investigation, drafting and revising.

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Levin, G., Kogan, L., Matan, L. et al. Positive results bias in randomized controlled trials in gynecologic oncology. Arch Gynecol Obstet 309, 1681–1683 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07099-1

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