Measure Once or Twice Does It Really Matter?
Authors:
- Susan G. HilsenbeckSHSusan G. Hilsenbeck
- D. D. V. HoffDHD. D. V. Hoff
Open Access
- 17 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 91 (6) , 494-495
Abstract
There is an old carpenter's dictum that one should measure twice (and cut once). Supposedly, this leads to fewer irreversible errors—with wood. The question is, do we have to measure a tumor twice in the practice of medical oncology?Keywords
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