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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(6):420-422; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk140
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NEWS

CLINICAL RESEARCH BOOST

United Kingdom Becomes the Cancer Clinical Trials Recruitment Capital of the World

Gunjan Sinha

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The more cancer patients that doctors recruit into clinical trials, the faster they can test new therapies. Yet recruitment remains abysmally low—except within the United Kingdom. Last year 32,000 patients—the equivalent of 14% of Britain's annual cancer incidence—participated in cancer clinical trials.

"That's the highest rate of cancer clinical trial participation of any country in the world," said Richard Kaplan, M.D., associate director of Britain's National Cancer Research Network (NCRN). By contrast, less than 3% of all U.S. cancer patients participate in clinical trials, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Beginning in the early 1990s, the United Kingdom's Department of Health set out to overhaul cancer care. The National Health Service (NHS) not only established regional networks to ensure better access to care but also . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Recruitment in Practice

Barriers in the United States


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