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Cancer Screening
Community need-focused interventions may improve minority enrollment into clinical trials
February 2nd, 2006
Community need-focused interventions may improve minority enrollment into clinical trials. According to researchers in the United States, "The purpose of this study is to describe the factors associated with the decisions of older African-American women to join the PLCO (Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian) Cancer Screening Trial when recruited." J.M. Trauth and colleagues described their investigation: "African American women between ages 55 and 74 years who were never diagnosed with a PLCO cancer were eligible for our study. Two methods of recruitment were used. First, mailings were sent to a random sample of women describing the PLCO followed...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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