Just an estimated 2% to 4% of adults who are newly diagnosed with cancer participate in clinical trials even though there are more than 8,000 such trials that are actively recruiting.
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Many Patients Don’t Take Part in Cancer Studies
Late-stage clinical trials find that adding Merck’s boceprevir to standard hepatitis C therapy increases the viral cure rate up to 75% — efficacy similar to that of Vertex’s telaprevir.
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Boceprevir Ups Hepatitis C Treatment Success
The age of puberty is declining for girls, with the percent of girls developing breasts by age 7 much higher than in years past, according to a new study.
Men and women who are very large around the middle are at much greater risk of dying from any cause than people with thinner waists, a new study says.
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Big Waist Increases Death Risk
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