Recently the National Cancer Institute (NCI) promoted its deputy director, Doug Lowry, to director with the sudden resignation of Harold Varmus, MD. Not only has the NCI been managing through the transition with a new director, it also has been dealing with new budget...
Elizabeth Allen of The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center posted a news release emphasizing the importance of clinical trial enrollment among the Hispanic population, which is currently an astoundingly low...
Huron Life Sciences recently released an article about a recent pilot study conducted by National Cancer Institute (NCI). During the month of October, The NCI conducted a pilot study testing feasibility of using an independent CIRB model. Twenty- four institutions...
Researchers are determining that simply not having enough participants to fill a clinical trial is not enough-diversity is an essential element in research trials. Electra Paskett, co-director of the Diversity Enhancement Program at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital...
According to an article in EurekAlert by Emma Mason, new research shows that more children are surviving cancer in Britain when participating in clinical trials. In fact, the article states that overall only 28% of children diagnosed with cancer between 1966-1970...
According to a survey conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, people with lower annual incomes were less likely to participate in cancer research trials than those with higher incomes. Results show that “those with incomes of less that $50,000...
