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Aug 12, 10 04:43AMCervical cancer screening is a worldwide problem especially in the developing world of which Tanzania belongs. It is diagnosed late in the third world because there are no diagnostic facilities and resource people. It occurs in the age groups between 40 and above and therefore affects the productive age of the community. It is well known that women generally are the b...Location: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 04:58AMChemoradiotherapy has become the standard of care for women with locally advanced cervical cancer. The available data support a 30 to 50% reduction in the risk of death from cervical cancer for women with locally advanced disease undergoing radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant cisplatin-based chemotherapy compared to RT alone. Despite the fact that this is currently the bes...Location: University Medical Center Groningen Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 02:17PMRATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether giving radiation therapy together with chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone in t...Location: Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical C... Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 06:30AMThe purpose of this study is three-fold: 1) to examine the ability of the experimental drug tariquidar to improve chemotherapy results by blocking a protein (P-glycoprotein) on some cancer cells that acts to pump out cancer drugs; 2) examine how tariquidar interacts with the cancer drug docetaxel; and 3) evaluate the effectiveness of combination treatment with tariquidar...Location: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, ... Status: Completed» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 06:42AMTo increase early detection of cervical cancer by increasing the proportion of Appalachian women, age 18 and older, who receive Pap smears at appropriate intervals and return for follow-up care when necessary.Location: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer ... Status: Completed» Read more
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Sep 03, 10 09:10AMAmong the immune cell therapy, autologous adoptive immune cell therapy is a method to transfer the immune cells derived from peripheral white blood cells and expanded and stimulated with various cytokines and tumor specific antigens in cancer patients. Recently, the low-dose radiation is known to increase the immune response in many human cancer patients. In a clinical t...Location: Sang-Young Ryu Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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Sep 23, 10 09:00AMThe aim of the study is to assess the distribution of the most frequent types of human papillomavirus in African women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer.Location: GSK Investigational Site Status: Completed» Read more
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Oct 28, 10 07:00AMRATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Cediranib maleate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known whether ...Location: Leicester Royal Infirmary Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Oct 29, 10 08:10AMRATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less...Location: Hammersmith Hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Apr 11, 12 08:00AMThis proposal has been developed through collaboration between the University of Minnesota and New American Community Services (NACS), and the research design is based on a needs assessment conducted by the community partner. The investigators will test the hypotheses that women who are offered home vaginal bio-specimen collection will have higher rate of cervical cancer...Location: Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Status: Not yet recruiting» Read more
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