We are delighted and very proud regarding our latest piece that have been published in Nature Cancer entitled : Challenges and opportunities for cancer clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries This piece has been written by Bishal Gyawali from the Department of Oncology, Department of Public Health Sciences and Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada ; Gauthier Bouche from the Anticancer Fund, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium, Nigel Crisp from The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, London, UK & Nicolas André from Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, L’Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Marseille, La Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, Aix-Marseille University, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, SMARTc, Marseille, France and the Metronomics Global Health Initiative.
In this piece, we explain how low- and middle-income countries share the greatest burden of cancer mortality globally but lag behind high-income countries in terms of clinical trials. We discuss the challenges facing low- and middle-income countries and the opportunities for conducting trials of affordable, accessible and effective interventions relevant to the local population.
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