Teens ‘Miss Out’ On Cancer Trials. Tune In Tomorrow For Another Exciting Episode Of “What Else Is New?”
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Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
Teenagers with cancer are not being included in UK clinical trials which could improve their chances of survival, according to researchers.
Trials from 2005 to 2007 recruited only 25% of 15 to 19 year olds, compared with 43% of those aged 10 to 14, the British Journal of Cancer reported.
No-one aged over 16 was included in a brain cancer trial despite four trials being available, the researchers said.
Experts said the age range of trials often excluded teenagers.
Study leader Dr Lorna Fern, who co-ordinates research into teenagers and young adults with cancer at the National Cancer Research Institute in London said the US and Australia had also reported a similar trend.
