The National Academy of Medicine recognized the value of correlative science in publicly funded clinical trials in 2010, recommending “the incorporation of innovative science into cancer clinical trials through the support and use of biorepositories.”
In a pilot study, a telephone-based dietary intervention designed to improve bowel function was shown to be widely acceptable to participants who had had surgery for rectal cancer.
Researchers have developed a method to predict early on which patients with breast cancer are most likely to stop taking potentially life-saving aromatase inhibitor drugs.