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The findings of the CCTG MA32 trial were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to the study results, a widely used and inexpensive Type 2 diabetes drug, once hoped to hold enormous promise in treating breast cancer, does not prevent or stop the spread of the most common forms of the disease. Read More

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Novel immunotherapy combinations in highly malignant ovarian cancer

Currently, the majority of ovarian cancers – upwards of 75 percent – are of the subtype “high grade serous carcinoma,” which is the type being treated in this phase 2 study. While most patients with this malignant ovarian cancer subtype initially respond to standard cytotoxic therapies, more than 80 percent will relapse and succumb to the disease within five years. New treatments are urgently needed for this deadliest of gynecological cancers, which is diagnosed in more than a quarter-million women worldwide each year according to World Health Organization estimates.

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Category: Group updates

Victoria Long Weekend Closure - Richardson Laboratory will be closed on May 20 (Queen’s Holiday) and May 23 (Victoria Day) 

Shipment of Specimens for Banking + Kit Supply

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Immunotherapy Platform Study in Platinum Resistant High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (IPROC)” (NCT04918186), is sponsored by CRI clinical partner the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), and is open and actively recruiting patients to sites in Canada and, in the second half of 2022, will open sites in

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Category: Publications
MAC15 publication: 21-Gene Assay to Inform Chemotherapy Benefit in Node-Positive Breast Cancer.
 
Kalinsky K, Barlow WE, Gralow JR, Meric-Bernstam F, Albain KS, Hayes DF, Lin NU, Perez EA, Goldstein LJ, Chia SKL, Dhesy-Thind S, Rastogi P, Alba E, Delaloge S, Martin M, Kelly CM, Ruiz-Borrego M, Gil-Gil M, Arce-Salinas CH, Brain EGC, Lee ES, Pierga JY, Bermejo B, Ramos-Vazquez M, Jung KH, Ferrero JM, Schott AF, Shak S, Sharma P, Lew DL, Miao J, Tripathy D, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN.
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Central Activation: CLC3E

CLC3E sub-study titled: An Economic Analysis of Early VS Delayed Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Asymptomatic High-Risk Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: A Companion Analysis to CCTG CLC.3 / SWOG 1925 Randomized

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The Dr. Joseph Pater Founder’s Award has been presented to Dr. Warren Mason, MD, FRCPC for his excellence in clinical trials research, leadership and his body of work that has contributed to significant advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer.

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CCTG congratulates the Hotel-Dieu du Quebec MA39 trial team for their CCTG Phase III Team Award presented at the CCTG 2022 Spring Meeting.

The award is given to trial teams from member centres for performance in trial accrual, local activation timelines, compliance metrics and team performance. The team includes, Alexandre Villeneuve-Gauthier, Josee Allard, Dr. Valerie Theberge, Sophie Pouliot, Isabelle Desrosiers.

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