(BPT) – The world of health care is one of constant innovation and discovery. New drugs, treatments and ideas are needed to combat the various health problems Americans face every single day. It is an ever-evolving challenge, and as health concerns are conquered, one constant threat remains: Cancer.
According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), cancer will be the leading cause of death by 2030. Even as advances in radiation, chemotherapy and surgical procedures have improved outcomes immensely, now more than ever, additional research is needed. This research comes from many sources, but the most effective way to obtain such valuable information is through clinical trials.
What is a cancer clinical trial?
Cancer clinical trials help researchers determine if a treatment option or drug is safe and effective against certain cancers. Today’s drug development strategies typically incorporate precision medicine approaches into their research platform. Clinical trials are traditionally conducted in four phases.
In phase I trials, a small group of participants are tested to determine the safety of a drug as well as the appropriate dosage and side effects. Phase II trials are similar but involve more participants and test how well a treatment works. Phase III trials enroll even more people-typically in the hundreds or thousands-and usually compare a trial drug to the current standard of care treatment. In many cases, this is the last step before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the drug as a treatment option.
Finally, phase IV trials are undertaken after the FDA has approved a drug. This final stage continues to research the long-term side effects or benefits of drug use.
The latest trials spur the latest advancements
While many trials research specific drugs targeting specific cancers, the possibility exists to conduct such research in a broader format.
‘The Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry (TAPUR) Study is the first-ever clinical trial by ASCO,’ says Eugene Ahn, MD, medical director of clinical research at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) in Zion, Ill. ‘This trial aims to improve our understanding of how commercially available anti-cancer drugs perform on a broader range of cancers by matching drugs to tumors with specific genomic mutations that the drugs are designed to target regardless of their location in the body.’
Each of the targeted therapies included in the study has already been approved by the FDA to treat specific cancers. This trial will collect data on how these anti-cancer drugs perform on patients with advanced cancer types when used outside of their FDA-approved indications. The hope is that by studying these drugs-which are provided at no cost to the study participants-researchers will gain new insights on the drugs’ potential uses.
Taking an active role in a clinical trial
Clinical trials like TAPUR are important for the advancement of cancer care and treatment. If you are considering enrolling in TAPUR or any other clinical trial, its important you know that enrollment is voluntary and a decision between you and your medical oncologist. Ask questions to find out if enrolling in a trial is right for you.
CTCA at Midwestern is one of five CTCA sites and the first location in Illinois enrolling patients in the ASCO TAPUR trial. You can learn more about the TAPUR study by visiting clinicaltrials.gov. The study is registered on the site (NCT 02693535), which includes a list of inclusion/exclusion criteria and other information. You can also learn more by contacting the clinical trials team at clinicaltrials@ctca-hope.com or by calling 888-841-9129.
Brandpoint – Free Online Content
http://www.youtube.com/v/suBqqpez_-I?fs=1
* This is the original, lower quality version from Google video and has all of the available subtitles attached. As time permits, we’ll update the subtitles for the Youtube version. Both versions are the same excluding the introduction and quality.
How deep does the rabbit hole go? Gnostic Media is proud to present the official online edition of The Pharmacratic Inquisition 2007. If you enjoyed “Zeitgeist – The Movie”, you will love this video; the creators of this video are listed as one of the sources for the Zeitgeist Movie. The Pharmacratic Inquisition 2007 is a video version of the book, “Astrotheology & Shamanism” by Jan Irvin & Andrew Rutajit. The painstakingly detailed and heavily footnoted research in the book comes to life in this video and is now available to you for FREE! For further research of the claims made in this video, please read AstroTheology & Shamanism – this book is available to order as a combo with the DVD.
Thousands of years ago, in the pre monarchic era, sacred plants and other entheogenic substances where politically correct and highly respected for their ability to bring forth the divine, Yahweh, God, The Great Spirit, etc., by the many cultures who used them. Often the entire tribe or community would partake in the entheogenic rites and rituals. These rites were often used in initiation into adulthood, for healing, to help guide the community in the decision process, and to bring the direct religious experience to anyone seeking it.
In the pre literate world, the knowledge of psychedelic sacraments, as well as fertility rites and astronomical knowledge surrounding the sun, stars, and zodiac, known as astrotheology, were anthropomorphized into a character or a deity; consequently, their stories and practices could easily be passed down for generations. Weather changes over millenniums caused environmental changes that altered the available foods and plant sacraments available in the local vicinity. If a tribe lost its shamanic El-der (El – God), all of the tribe’s knowledge of their plant sacraments as well as astronomical knowledge would be lost. The Church’s inquisitions extracted this sacred knowledge from the local Shamans who were then exterminated…It is time to recognize the fact that this Pharmacratic Inquisition is still intact and destroy it.
http://www.GnosticMedia.com
http://www.Pharmacratic-Inquisition.com
Gnostic Media
Producer: Jan Irvin
Producer: Andrew Rutajit
Editor: Andrew Rutajit
Music: Andrew Rutajit
The Pharmacratic Inquisition DVD – Official Online Edition
Health & Vitality: the Way to Good Health
Start living a healthy life now: Here is your 7-day plan ==> Having sworn to yourself that you’ll go to the gym in the morning, how many times have you changed your mind after you woke up and did not feel like working out? We all have days when we lose our motivation to get […]
Science-based Suggestions for self-confidence
A recent study shows your perception of your own image has a profound effect on how you present yourself to the rest of the world. Those findings could be empowering since even small changes to your self-care routine can significantly boost your self-confidence. The study by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business found […]
5 ways to feel good while getting fit
(BPT) – Setting intentions is a powerful thing. Then when you have that shiny new gym membership in hand, you feel like nothing stands between you and your goals to get in shape once and for all. Trouble is, lack of motivation, unpreparedness and busy schedules have a way of interfering with our plans. If […]
When buying hearing aids: 6 essential things to know
(BPT) – Being an informed health care consumer is hard work. There is information everywhere. But how do you sift through it and make sense of it all? And how do you know what is reliable and what isn’t? Sorting through the noise when buying hearing aids is no exception. In the past several months, […]
Debunk Christ at Your Own risk!
All of this sounds and looks so pretty and intricate. But to even start to believe this you will have to explain existentialism. How can a feeling like love come from something that cannot love? How can thought arise from something that cannot think? How can life, love, hate, honor, respect, shame, joy ect. come from some slime ooze that somehow survived the fiery ball planet for millions of years as we are told. How can all of this ride on a THEORY called the Big Bang and what caused the Big Bang? God is the creator of all imaginable thought and matter.
Some of the wording of the macrocosm is misstated. Though philosophically correct it is impolite to compare certain statements without a clarity of vexed polarity.
I also know that feelings change as I remember ten years ago when I watched this video and thought very differently.
GRANDES
Yeay! So I have a good reason to start celebrating christmas again 🙂
Still more plausible than modern christianity . . .
Brilliant work! Do you have a version with German subtitles?
"Holy crap"? All very interesting and informative but anyone who has used these psychedelics more than a few times can tell you that it's hardly worth basing a religion(s) around, true that ancient people would have been more likely to create a mystical experience out of a simple "trip" but their digestive systems would not have been so mystified. I can tell you this emphatically, nobody would want to deal with a cabal of shroomed up religious fanatics no matter what the dogma du jour might be so the tripping surely would have been left to the prophets, priests, shaman and sorcerers. As for the wiz drinking I guess I'm not that religious after all.
Always nice to watch this around winter Solstice and Christmas.Â
What was the conclusion for the number of the beast 666?
Good video.Â
Relating to a point you made earlier about David Harriman's debunking of Quantime Physics? Does he apply a similar approach to the "Big Bang Theory" I wonder? Or are you followers of that too in "Gnostic Media"?Â