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 David Tuveson
- Dr Fergus Macbeth
- Dr Hamish Wallace
- Dr Paula Mulvenna
- Dr Richard Wilson
- Dr Simon Rule
- October 2010 podcast transcript
- Prof Adrian Harris
- Prof Charles Coombes
- Prof David Neal
- Prof Frances Balkwill
- Prof Ian Jacobs
- Prof Jeff Evans
- Prof John Primrose
- Prof Judith Bliss
- Prof Michael Seckl
- Prof Richard Begent
- Prof Tim Eisen
- Professor Andrew Pettitt
- Professor John Gribben
- Professor Richard Peto
- Dr Anne Kiltie
- Dr Dean Fennell
- Dr Fiona Bath-Hextall
- Dr Johnathan Joffe
- Dr Penelope Brock
- Dr Sara Erridge
- Dr Tom Crosby
- Our progress in developing cancer drugs
- Prof Caroline Dive
- Prof David Cunningham
- Prof David Walker
- Prof Gareth Morgan
- Prof Jack Cuzick
- Prof John Neoptolemos
- Prof Jonathan Ledermann
- Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones
- Prof Nick James
- Prof Robert Leonard
- Prof Vaskar Saha
- Professor David Ferry
- Professor Mark Middleton
- September 2009 podcast transcript
- Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches trial of new drug to treat acute childhood leukaemia
27 January 2012 - Press Release: Fewer, larger radiotherapy doses prove safe for prostate cancer patients
13 December 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK unites with global research groups to develop treatments for patients with rare cancers
18 November 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK launches trial to treat brain cancer which has returned
7 September 2011 - News story: Drug prolongs lives of patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer
29 July 2011 - News story: Trial suggests PARP inhibitor drugs may help to prevent ovarian cancer from coming back
19 May 2011 - News story: Screening 'does not prevent prostate cancer deaths', 20-yr study concludes
1 April 2011 - News story: Combination treatment halves deaths from locally advanced prostate cancer
28 March 2011 - News story: Experimental melanoma drug shows promise in phase-III trial
20 January 2011 - Press Release: Trial results show dramatically improved survival for relapsed childhood leukaemia
4 December 2010
- News story: HPV testing for cervical cancer 'the best option for women over 30'
14 December 2011 - News story: Trial finds new drug combo increases remission time for lymphoma patients
25 November 2011 - Press Release: 'Glow in the dark' brains aid tumour surgery
1 November 2011 - News story: 'Targeted' breast and ovarian cancer drug could have far wider application
23 August 2011 - News story: Erlotinib improves progression-free survival in non-small cell lung cancer
22 July 2011 - News story: Lower doses enable older bowel cancer patients to take part in chemotherapy trials
13 May 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK leads global lung cancer drug trial
29 March 2011 - News story: Advanced breast cancer drug eribulin shows promise in phase-III trial
4 March 2011 - News story: Study supports use of radiotherapy in localised breast cancer (DCIS)
8 December 2010 - Press Release: Study confirms long-term benefit of anastrozole to stop breast cancer returning
1 December 2010
