Study Questions Dead-End Cancer Clinical Trials
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MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Little more than one in eight phase II cancer clinical trials with encouraging results go forward to the larger, phase III stage that&#39;s needed to bring a new therapy to patients, a new study finds.
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Cancer cells often have a way of  outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers  said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut  down a tumor&#39;s backup plan, resulting in much more effective  treatments.
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Patient deaths from experimental cancer drugs during initial human studies declined dramatically from 1991 to 2002, suggesting that better oversight and less-toxic medicines have made cancer research safer, a study found.
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The randomized clinical trial, widely considered the most reliable biomedical research method, can have significant drawbacks, a new study suggests.
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A new analysis finds that clinical trials of breast-cancer treatments by drugmakers show positive results far more often than non-industry trials. Why the difference?
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Cancer patients can often feel baffled when offered a choice of treatments, a study has suggested.
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Cancer cells often have a way of outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut down a tumor's backup plan, resulting in much more effective treatments.
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The results of a multi-center trial involving a quartet of drugs may bring fresh hope to patients battling advanced colorectal cancer, researchers reported Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - The use of herbal medicine is common among patients with advanced cancer who are participating in early-stage clinical trials (phase I) of experimental drugs, according to a new study.
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MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research may someday provide another treatment option for patients battling deadly pancreatic cancer.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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As cancer patients increasingly embrace alternative therapies, oncologists are calling for well-designed clinical trials to determine if they are helpful or harmful.
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MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New cancer drugs often save lives, but are they cost-effective?
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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A new test that counts cancer cells in the bloodstreams of patients with advanced breast cancer best tells whether treatment is working, according to a study led by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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WASHINGTON -- An unexpected number of deaths among patients receiving intense therapy to lower their blood sugar forced the National Institutes of Health to abruptly cut short part of a major study on diabetes and heart disease.