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Dr Joseph Pater

The book “Clinical Trials” by Daniel Schwartz, Robert Flamant and Joseph Lellouch, which described in full detail their distinction between pragmatic and explanatory clinical trials, was published in English in 1980, the year I became the NCIC CTG (now CCTG) director. Their ideas strongly influenced me and my colleagues thinking about how our trials should be designed and conducted.

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The Innovative Cancer Treatments of Tomorrow are Born Through Collaboration
​Annette Hay, Senior Investigator and Co-PI of ExCELLirate Canada, the CCTG-co-Led national platform for exploring the promising applications of cell therapy research across a wide variety of cancers and other illnesses was recently featured as a signature initiative at Queen’s University. Read More



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Category: Group updates

MA36 OlympiA trial: Olaparib (Lynparza) as adjuvant treatment reduces risk of death by 32% in patients with germline BRCA mutations and high-risk early breast cancer

Breast International Group (BIG) has announced that the second interim analysis of OlympiA trial building on the earlier published results (NEJM) will lead to fewer deaths among patients with germline BRCA-mutated (gBRCA) breast cancer, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last Friday approval of olaparib for gBRCA breast cancer patients who have had chemotherapy.

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Imagine a world where a patient’s own cells are used to cure their cancer. Together, we can do this.
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Patient Representative Spotlight: Sylvie Desmarais

We would like welcome a member of the patient representative committee, Sylvie Desmarais who lives in Longueuil, QC and has begun supporting the Breast Disease Site Committee

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Recipient of the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Honorary Award 2022, Prof. Lesley Seymour has spent 30 years ‘trying to make rigorous clinical trials happen,’ conducting and designing studies that give definitive conclusions and provide effective, accessible new treatment options for patients with cancer. Read More

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Category: Publications
Publication for MEC5: Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus IFNa2b or Ipilimumab in Resected High-Risk Melanoma. Read More

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Category: Trials
Two new trials have been centrally activated: HD11 and MAC27 Read More