May 20th marks International Clinical Trials Day, the anniversary of the first "clinical trial," when James Lind made the breakthrough connection between citrus fruit consumption and scurvy. This first clinical trial was fairly unsophisticated by modern standards - how have our needs evolved?
Dr Francesco Perrone answers this from an oncological perspective in a new editorial for ecancermedicalscience.
Why do cancer patients fear clinical trials - even with potentially life-changing results? Read the companion research paper "Exploratory research into cancer patients’ attitudes to clinical trials" here on ecancermedicalscience.
See Professor Gordon McVie, founding editor of ecancer, discussing the impact of new rules for clinical trials in our new video here.
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