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International Clinical Trials Day took place on 20^th May this year. To mark the event, UCL's Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology held a special half-day event entitled Key Advances in Clinical Trials. This event showcased some of the recent ground-breaking trials activity conducted at the four clinical trials units at UCL...

This headline recently appeared in the Telegraph. The article discusses new recommendations about aspirin use from a group of health officials in the United States (US), and how they differ to those in the United Kingdom (UK). The US recommendations suggest that people aged between 50 and 69 who are known to have a moderate increased risk of heart disease should consider taking daily aspirin to reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer as well as heart and circulatory problems...

To mark World Cancer Day, Cancer Research UK are taking a look at how research that is happening in partnership with other countries is making the future brighter for cancer patients across the globe...

This headline recently appeared in the Guardian with a number of other newspapers reporting on the same story. The report was about a large study conducted by researchers in the Netherlands. The researchers used national databases to identify people who had been diagnosed with cancer in the digestive system and see whether or not they took aspirin following their diagnosis...

This headline recently appeared on the BBC news, with a number of other newspapers reporting on the same story. The report was about a study in mice by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute. The scientists looked at drugs known as Cox-inhibitors (aspirin is a type of Cox-inhibitor). Their results suggested that using these drugs alongside cancer treatments that are designed to allow the body’s own immune system to attack the cancer may make the treatment more effective...