Clinical Trials

Results of NRG Oncology study BR005 SAN ANTONIO, TX - Results from NRG Oncology's BR005 study show that breast-conserving treatment without surgery cannot be recommended, based on the study criteria of clinical complete response,…

Network leads clinical trials that address antibacterial resistance threatsCredit: NIAID As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more urgent threats worldwide, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the…

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Pooled analysis of three phase 1 and 2 clinical trials published online ahead of print in the journal Lancet Oncology show that the drug entrectinib is effective and well-tolerated against…

If you want to predict which breast cancer patients will most likely stop taking aromatase inhibitors, check out their own responses to the health questions patients commonly answer in cancer clinical trials, according to research…

Discovery marks progress in IU Precision Health Initiative Grand Challenge Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have discovered how to predict whether triple negative breast cancer will recur, and which women are likely to…

Medicare and Medicaid patients with breast cancer also had an increased likelihood of stopping their clinical trial treatment early, same study foundCredit: None A retrospective study of nearly 9800 women with breast cancer who…

Extended letrozole therapy improves disease-free survival (DFS) in postmenopausal women with HR+ breast cancer SAN ANTONIO, TX - In the updated results from NRG Oncology/NSABP B-42 trial through 10 years of observation, extending letrozole…

Feb. 3-8, 2020, Grapevine, Texas WHO: The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) serves as the national voice for high-risk pregnancies. Its 4,000 members are obstetricians who have an additional three years of formal education and…

WASHINGTON--President and CEO of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, MD, is the inaugural recipient of The Trailblazer Award, given by the Physicians Committee--a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members--for his…

New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives each yearCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)…