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May 30, 2025Almost half of people with metastatic melanoma—a type of skin cancer that has spread beyond the skin—can become resistant to standard treatments. A new immunotherapy available at MedStar ...
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October 18, 2016According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within their lifetime - and of those cases, one in 39 will prove to be fatal. However, with earl...
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October 18, 2016
By Heidi Rosvold-Brenholtz When Nicholas “Nick” Cortina was born in 1993, he weighed 1 pound, 11 ounces, and fit in the palm of his father’s hand. Three-and-one-half months premature, he spent the...
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October 06, 2016When men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, their first question is usually, “Can it be cured?” Often, their second question is, “What are my treatment options?” Fortunately, research, diagnosis and ...
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October 02, 2016By MedStar Health Research Institute
The NIH has released a new policy on training in Good Clinical Practices (GCP) for NIH-funded investigators and staff. Effective January 1, 2017, this policy applies to all NIH-funded investigators an...
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October 02, 2016By MedStar Health Research Institute
MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI) was one of the first institutions to register for a new agreement to facilitate faster start-up times for clinical research sites.MHRI administrative staff has...
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October 02, 2016By MedStar Health Research Institute
Released on September 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on requirements for registering specific clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov and for releasing su...
