Poor accrual of teenagers and young adults into clinical trials in the UK

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-307

  Whelan, Jeremy S ^a   Fern, Lorna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 40949096472     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70080-9     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Bleyer A., Montello M., Budd T., and Saxman S. National survival trends of young adults with sarcoma: lack of progress is associated with lack of clinical trial participation. Cancer 103 (2005) 1891-1897
2. Stiller C., Desandes E., Danon S., et al. Cancer incidence and survival in European adolescents (1978-1997). Report from the Automated Childhood Cancer Information System project. Eur J Cancer 13 (2006) 2006-2018
3. Ablett S., Pinkerton C., and United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG). Recruiting children into cancer trials-role of the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG). Br J Cancer 88 (2003) 1661-1665
4. Sinha G. United Kingdom becomes the cancer clinical trials recruitment capital of the world. J Natl Cancer Inst 99 (2007) 420-422
5. Bleyer A., Budd T., and Montello M. Adolescents and young adults with cancer: the scope of the problem and criticality of clinical trials. Cancer 107 (2006) 1645-1655
6. Liu L., Krailo M., Reaman G., and Bernstein L. Childhood cancer patients' access to cooperative group cancer programs: a population-based study. Cancer 97 (2003) 1339-1345
7. Ferrari A., and Bleyer A. Participation of adolescents with cancer in clinical trials. Cancer Treat Rev 7 (2007) 603-608
8. nd March 2006. http://canteenlive.netx.com.au/documents/AYA-The_Need_for_Change_C7738.ppt (accessed March 12, 2008).
9. Teenage Cancer Trust. Survey results. https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/find-your-sense-of-tumour/survey_results/ (accessed March 11, 2008).
10. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Guidance on cancer services-improving outcomes in children and young people with cancer (2005), NICE, London