Reply to: Random Assignment, But Without Comparison: A Missed Opportunity

Dewi Vernerey1, Jean-Baptiste Bachet1, Antonio Sa Cunha1

  • 1Dewi Vernerey, PhD, Methodology and Quality of Life in Oncology Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, EFS, INSERM UMR1098 RIGHT, Besançon, France; Jean-Baptiste Bachet, MD, PhD, Sorbonne University, Hepatogastroenterology and Digestive Oncology Department, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France; Antonio Sa Cunha, MD, PhD, Paris Saclay University, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Department of HPB Surgery and Transplantation, Paul Brousse Hospital, APHP, Villejuif, France; and Lilian Schwarz, MD, PhD, Rouen University Hospital, Department of Digestive Surgery, Rouen, France, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, UMR 1245 INSERM, Rouen University Hospital, Department of Genomic and Personalized Medicine in Cancer and Neurological Disorders, Rouen, France.

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