Tuesday 26 February 2013

Evidence-Based Treatment Can Be Improved By Greater Representation Of Elderly Patients In Phase III Trials

The median age of patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has steadily increased over the recent years and is presently 70 years. Despite this, the elderly are significantly underrepresented in clinical trials. A recent study published in the March 2013 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology, investigated the degree to which exclusion or underrepresentation of elderly occurs in practice-changing clinical trials in advanced NSCLC... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


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