Clinical Trials

Results from 10 years of follow-up Milan, Italy: Women with early, low risk, hormone-driven breast cancer are less likely to have a recurrence of their disease if they have radiotherapy after surgery, as well as anti-hormone treatment,…

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied the effectiveness of one of the largest ever national quality improvement programmes in the National Health Service (NHS) and found no improvement in patient survival. The overall…

Comprehensive tumor profiling promises new therapeutic options for patients with advanced cancer The WINTHER trial***, NCT01856296, led by investigators from Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology - VHIO (Spain), Chaim Sheba Medical Center…

Credit: On the cover: Somebody Wants to Know, by Ludovic Laffineur, soft pastel on paper, 120 x 85 cm. Courtesy of the artist. www.ludoviclaffineur.be Federal Right to Try: Where Is It Going? Kelly Folkers, Carolyn Chapman, and…

Treatments that prevent recurrence of types of stroke and dementia caused by damage to small blood vessels in the brain have moved a step closer, following a small study. The drugs - called cilostazol and isosorbide mononitrate - are…

Clinical study treating BPDCN with tagraxofusp led to first FDA approval for the diseaseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A multi-institutional clinical trial has given good results for a targeted therapy to treat a rare, aggressive…

Revolutionary lung valve is the first FDA-approved device to help emphysema patients breathe easier without major surgeryCredit: Pulmonx Corporation Rancho Mirage, CA (April 24, 2019) Eisenhower Health is the first hospital in…

The University of South Florida will work with researchers in Thailand and Myanmar to assess whether mass treatment with the drug primaquine can prevent relapses of Plasmodium vivax malaria along the borders of those two Greater Mekong…

Credit: NTU Singapore A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University Health System (NUHS) has developed a self-inflating weight management capsule that could be used to treat obese…

Tumor therapy: Today, a new method for more accurate prediction of proton range is introduced into clinical routine for the first time worldwideCredit: OncoRay / Christian Hahn, Nils Peters Today (Tuesday, 23 April) marks the beginning of…