MACK: MORE CANCER PATIENTS SHOULD TAKE PART IN CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  May 18, 1999 ;     375 words ......PATIENTS SHOULD TAKE PART IN CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS Washington - A new study...patients are taking part in cancer clinical trials. Senator Connie Mack (R...Senator Mack, The Medicare Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 1999, would cover...

Unprecedented Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Forged in Michigan.

PR Newswire;  February 7, 2002 ;     787 words ......Michigan cancer patients to cancer clinical trials, a newly formed coalition...agreement to cover costs of cancer clinical trials. This new agreement would...increase participation in cancer clinical trials and correct the imbalance...

MACK AND ROCKEFELLER TO IMPROVE MEDICARE COVERAGE OF CANCER CLINICAL...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  April 13, 1999 ;     511 words ......Improve Medicare Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials Washington -- U.S. Senator...introduced The Medicare Cancer Clinical Trials Coverage Act of 1999 which...participating in approved cancer clinical trials. Mack said: Cancer patients...

CANCER LEGISLATION TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL TRIALS

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  March 9, 2001 ;     455 words ......the Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act (H.R. 967...participate in a cancer clinical trial. Original...It is through clinical trials that we translate...The Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act removes a...

MACK CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS AMENDMENT PASSES SENATE

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  July 15, 1999 ;     680 words ......Thursday July 15, 1999 MACK CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS AMENDMENT PASSES SENATE...participate in approved cancer clinical trials passed the Senate by a vote...they are participating in cancer clinical trials because these therapies...

The 'Anatomy' of Clinical Trials: 'Grey's' Season Finale Leaves Public in...

PR Newswire;  May 22, 2008 ;     787 words ......Groups sheds light on the fact that cancer clinical trials like those on Grey's Anatomy are...being portrayed on the show that cancer clinical trials usually equal a death sentence. Cancer clinical trials are highly-structured and follow...

Arizona's Cancer Clinical Trials Law: Flawed Process, Flawed Product.

The Hastings Center Report;  May 1, 2001 ;   OLSON-GAREWAL, J. KRISTIN HESSLER, KRISTEN;   787 words ......legislatures. Thus Arizona's Cancer Clinical Trials legislation. In April 2000...Problems with the Law The Cancer Clinical Trials bill was supposed to respond to the fact that cancer clinical trials are underenrolled.[5] Most...

MACK: OFFER CANCER PATIENTS HOPE WITH CLINICAL TRIALS COVERAGE

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  July 15, 1999 ;     671 words ......participate in approved cancer clinical trials. Senator Mack said cancer...not cost. Mack said: ``Cancer clinical trials are one of the most beneficial...continues through well-designed cancer clinical trials. This amendment furthers...

DMH to receive $450,000 grant to raise awareness of cancer clinical...

Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);  February 10, 2006 ;     421 words ......Care Institute and Clinical Research Department...volumes of the expert cancer clinical researchers here at...Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials and its partner, the...literacy with regard to cancer clinical trials. Only 3 percent to...patients go to ...

CLINICAL TRIALS CAN TURN CANCER PATIENTS INTO CANCER SURVIVORS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 14, 2007 ;     725 words ......researched as part of a cancer clinical trial. Clinical trials represent the final...members enrolls in a cancer clinical trial. Clinical trials are mutually beneficial...this year - by making cancer clinical trials an accessible option...

Increasing participation of minorities in cancer clinical trials: Summary...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  January 1, 2002 ;   Stark, Nancy; Paskett, Electra; Bell, Ronny; Cooper, M Robert; Et al;   787 words ......among ethnic minorities in cancer clinical trials and explore ways that individuals...improve participation in cancer clinical trials. Working groups assembled...Minority Involvement in Cancer Clinical Trials" conference, cosponsored...

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS M. DAVIS, III (R-VA) CHAIRMAN U.S....

Washington Transcript Service;  May 13, 2004 ;     787 words ......REFORM HOLDS A HEARING ON CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS MAY 13, 2004 SPEAKERS: U...today's oversight hearing on cancer clinical trials. This hearing will examine...accrual of adult patients in cancer clinical trials and what efforts are being...

Insurers may be made to cover clinical trials

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  December 2, 2006 ;   Karen Roebuck;   636 words ......associated with clinical trials. Those conducting...some patients. Clinical trials often offer their...for patients in clinical trials. "We felt it was...Stage III or IV clinical trials, but not the early...insurers would pay for cancer treatment ...

Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups Features Lance Armstrong in Cancer...

PR Newswire;  May 29, 2006 ;     637 words ......to increase awareness of cancer clinical trials in the United States, the...Everyone to Learn about Cancer Clinical Trials as a supplement to the June...reprints and learn more about cancer clinical trials, visit http://www.cancertrialshelp...

Coalition and Newsweek Announce Exceptionally High Awareness Scores for...

PR Newswire;  September 1, 2004 ;     740 words ......the eight-page section on cancer clinical trials that appeared in the June...currently feel positive toward Cancer Clinical Trials as a result of this section...or more information about cancer clinical trials, visit http://www.cancertrialshelp...