Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Science Daily: National Call For Cancer Clinical Trial System To Be More Responsive To Community Needs

The United States has seen poor performance in recruiting individuals for cancer clinical trials--especially individuals of lower socioeconomic status. According to this article in Science Daily, new efforts are going to be made in the marketing, design and overall outreach approach to particpation by this population in the cancer clinical trials. A landmark report just released yesterday by the Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials: Changing Research, Practice and Policy will aid and map out this effort.

Read more here.

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