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Anne Li                                   6/4/17   To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2017 we’re speaking to the ‘unsung heroes’ of clinical trials who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make them happen. In this post, Amanda Watson,…...

Anne Li                                      6/4/17   To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2017 we’re speaking to the unsung heroes of clinical trials who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make them happen. In this post, Susie…...

Anne Li                                  5/20/17   Clinical trials are a way for doctors and scientists to work out if new tests and treatments are safe, and if they’re better than what’s already available. Trials couldn’t happen…...

Anne Li                                       5/20/17   An observational study of 826 patients with stage III colon cancer showed that those who consumed two ounces or more of nuts per week had a 42%…...

Anne Li                                           5/20/17   The annual mortality rate in childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, or neuroblastoma, is 10 per million between the ages of 0 and 4.…...

Anne Li                                 5/20/17   About 3-5 percent of lung cancers are caused by changes in the gene ALK. In 2011, the FDA granted accelerated approval for the drug crizotinib to target these ALK changes.…...

Anne Li                                      5/20/17   A new technology generates cellular images detailed enough to distinguish cancerous from normal tissue. Researchers are working on speeding up the technology so it can be used during…...

Anne Li                              5/20/17   Patients who take capecitabine after surgery for bile duct cancer live for almost a year and a half longer than those not given the drug, according to the results of a Cancer…...