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Molecular residual disease. Minimal residual disease (MRD), also known as Molecular residual disease, is the name given to small numbers of cancer cells that remain in a person either during or after treatment when the patient is in remission (no symptoms or signs of disease). Sensitive molecular tests are either in development or available to ...
In the 1980s, the European Union began harmonising regulatory requirements. In 1989, Europe, Japan, and the United States began creating plans for harmonisation. The International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) was created in April 1990 at a meeting in Brussels.
Children in clinical research. In health care, a clinical trial is a comparison test of a medication or other medical treatment (such as a medical device ), versus a placebo (inactive look-alike), other medications or devices, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition. To be ethical, researchers must obtain the full and ...
Clinical trial. A clinical trial participant receives an injection. Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and ...
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim only to prolong life or ...
Men at a higher risk of prostate cancer should be given the option to have a test by their GP even if they have no symptoms, a charity has said, as it warned current NHS guidelines are “driving ...
Good clinical practice. In drug development and production, good clinical practice (GCP) is an international quality standard, which governments can then transpose into regulations for clinical trials involving human subjects. GCP follows the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals ...
Kentucky law recommends lead testing for children 6 and younger if they’re Medicaid-eligible, or if they’re living in a designated high-risk ZIP code. A 2014 state assessment designated five ...