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A study looking at the care of teenagers and young adults with cancer (BRIGHTLIGHT)

Overview

Cancer types:

All cancer types

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Other

Details

This is a study to find out if young people who are diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 13 and 24 have different outcomes depending on where they are treated and what professionals are involved in their care.

Recruitment start: 17 October 2012

Recruitment end: 30 April 2015

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Jeremy Whelan

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Ipsos MORI

London South Bank University

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)

National Cancer Research Institute Teenage and Young Adult Clinical Studies Group

North West Cancer Intelligence Service

University College London (UCL)

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

University of Leeds

Other information

There is more information about the study on the BRIGHTLIGHT website.

Last reviewed: 21 Nov 2016

CRUK internal database number: 9939

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