Poor people participate in cancer trials less often

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"We need to make sure that we make accommodations so that people in the trials reflect those who are in the general population and those who will be taking the drugs," said Dr. Jean Ford, who was not involved with the new study but has researched …
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Other Views: Addressing epidemic of drug ODs

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Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these CDC statistics: The number of …
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Enzalutamide a Major Advance for Prostate Cancer Treatment

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Enzalutamide a Major Advance for Prostate Cancer Treatment. From The New England … The study's lead author was Howard I. Scher, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Median OS in the enzalutamide group was 18.4 months …
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