Clinical trials - A to Z
This page contains links to content about clinical trials - studies carried out in people.
Some clinical trials test new or improved treatments for cancer, while others investigate ways to prevent or diagnose cancer.
On our CancerHelp UK website, you can browse our clinical trials database.
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Clinical trials is a sub-category of Research and trials and Clinical and translational research
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- About clinical research
- Dr Antony Michalski
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- October 2010 podcast transcript
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- September 2009 podcast transcript
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- Our progress in developing cancer drugs
- Prof Caroline Dive
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- News story: Genetically engineered virus extends the lives of terminally-ill liver cancer patients
11 February 2013 - Press Release: Launch of trial of ‘master switch’ drug to treat several cancer types
17 January 2013 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK and Lorus to co-develop first-of-kind drug, IL-17E, to treat solid tumours
27 November 2012 - Press Release: Trial offers new hope to children and adults with muscle cancer
19 October 2012 - News story: Research points to potentially cheaper targeted cancer treatment
7 August 2012 - News story: New drug is 'greatest advance' for basal cell skin cancer
6 June 2012 - News story: Experimental drug could target melanoma that spreads to brain
18 May 2012 - Press Release: Trial launched into curry chemical’s cancer-fighting properties
7 May 2012 - News story: Experts call for 'urgent reform' of side-effect reporting on cancer trials
27 March 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches trial of new drug to treat acute childhood leukaemia
27 January 2012
- Press Release: Cancer Research UK takes investigational multi-cancer drug from laboratory into unique trial
18 January 2013 - Press Release: Trial reveals 10 years of tamoxifen halves later deaths from commonest kind of cancer
5 December 2012 - Press Release: Bowel cancer 'chemo swap' shrinks tumours, making surgery safer and easier
1 November 2012 - News story: Trial confirms benefit of 'exciting' new drug for advanced prostate cancer
16 August 2012 - News story: Boost in childhood cancer survival rates 'due to clinical trials'
18 July 2012 - News story: Trial drug extends life of men with advanced prostate cancer
1 June 2012 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK to investigate new drug combination in lung cancer
17 May 2012 - News story: Less intense chemo 'better for some Hodgkin's lymphoma patients'
4 April 2012 - News story: 'Unanswered questions' over PSA prostate screening despite 11-year follow-up of trial
14 March 2012 - News story: HPV testing for cervical cancer 'the best option for women over 30'
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