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Searching for a cancer clinical trial
February 17, 2022 Clinical Trials

Finding a Cancer Clinical Trial

Participating in a clinical trial can be a way to benefit from a treatment that is better than the current standard-of-care for any stage of cancer.

Cancer clinical trial during the pandemic with new flexibility to make participation safer and easier
September 24, 2021 Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials: The Pandemic Has Brought Needed Changes

Changes that have been made to cancer clinical trials during the pandemic have greatly increased flexibility for participants and experts recommend they become permanent.

Participating in cancer treatment clinical trials
June 16, 2016 Clinical Trials

Cancer Clinical Trials: Why Don’t More of Us Participate?

When consumers have a better understanding of how clinical trials work they are most likely to say they would enroll in one, a recent study found.

Learning about new medicines in a cancer clinical trial
April 5, 2016 Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials: How Can Patients Benefit More?

How could sharing of data among researchers conducting clinical trials lead to better progress against cancer and more benefit for patients?

Three pill bottles spilling.
March 28, 2014 Clinical Trials

The I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Trial: How Clinical Trials May Be Changing

In “adaptive” clinical trial design, the goal is to identify as rapidly as possible new drug therapies that show a likelihood of being successful in specific patient populations.

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