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Missing the Forest for the Trees: Journal Article Proposes Change in FDA Clinical Trial Focus

By Bryan Thompson
Published June 4, 2012 at 9:22 AM CDT

Breast cancer cells invading a lymph node (photo from Wikimedia Commons)A commentary published in the latest edition of the  journal Nature says it’s time for the Food and Drug Administration to develop a new kind of clinical drug trial—one that’s more concerned with cancer spreading throughout the body, rather than focusing solely on the original tumor site.  Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has more:

 

 

 

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A commentary published in the latest edition of the  journal, Nature, says it’s time for the Food and Drug Administration to develop a new kind of clinical drug trial—one that’s more concerned with cancer spreading throughout the body, rather than focusing solely on the original tumor site.  Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has more…
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Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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