Television and news print media are effective in recruiting potential participants in a prostate cancer chemoprevention trial

Theodore D.K. Chung, MD, PhD,1,2 Irwin I. Park,1 Lani Ignacio, BSN,3 Rose Catchatourian, MD,4 Mitchell Kopnick, MD,5 Evelyn Davison,3 Geraldine Conrad,6 Azhar M. Awan, MD,1,7 David Crawford, MD,8 and Srinivasan Vijayakumar, MD1,2,3,8* 1Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 4Division of Hematology−Oncology, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 5Division of Urology, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Ilinois 6Office of Public Relations, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Ilinois 7Department of Radiation Oncology, LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange, Ilinois 8Southwest Oncology Group, San Antonio, Texas

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