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Lack of study participants may hobble cancer fight

(The New York Times) UPDATED 2009-08-03

Experts say one of the main reasons the war on cancer may not be progressing is due to a lack of cancer study participants. Just three percent of adult cancer patients participate in a clinical trial of a new medication or a new drug regimen. A recent review published in the Oncologist found that one in five clinical trials will be abandoned without ever enrolling a single participant, and many studies are too small to reveal meaningful information, researchers say. In this study from The New York Times, experts discuss what is holding patients and scientists back from conducting studies that may lead to viable cures for cancer. Read full story >

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