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Why don't more patients participate in 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.

How can we make better progress against cancer in clinical trials?
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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