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Focus is the online newsletter for Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

News is posted as it happens, making Focus the most up-to-date source of information about the developments and people at the Cancer Center.

Below are all the Focus articles related specifically to clinical trials. All Focus articles are also available.

New Research Disrupts Cancer's Feeding Cycle

Keeping cancer cells from the fat they need to grow: researchers' work brings detours from the lab… to dairy barns and gyms.

March 11, 2013

Study Evaluates Newer Treatment for Women Whose Breast Cancer Has Spread

Results from a phase III clinical trial comparing a newer chemotherapy agent called eribulin mesylate with capecitabine, a standard drug used for chemotherapy today in women with previously treated metastatic breast cancer, showed that eribulin demonstrated a trend toward improved overall survival.

January 07, 2013

Duration of ibuprofen use may be related to a reduced cancer risk, especially in those with certain genetic marker.

November 05, 2012

From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

After more than 10 years of work, a Cancer Center research team has found a very promising drug combination therapy for lung cancer patients.

October 11, 2011

Part of the Possibility

On meeting Cindy Carroll one might be tempted to describe her as petite. She's slight of build and just over five feet tall. Talk to her for any length of time, however, and that impression quickly changes.

October 20, 2009