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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Launches Impact Research Grants To Help Underserved Patients Access Clinical Trials


The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Launches Impact Research Grants To Help Underserved Patients Access Clinical Trials
Collaborations with Mayo Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine will Increase Representation of Geographically, Ethnically and Economically Underserved Communities in Clinical Trials
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RYE BROOK, N.Y., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today the launch of the IMPACT (Influential Medicine Providing Access to Clinical Trials) research grants to increase enrollment of individuals from underrepresented communities in clinical trials. Clinical trials are vital to improving cancer treatment, giving newly diagnosed patients access to state-of-the-art therapies, and providing a lifeline when other treatments have failed. Yet, clinical trials overwhelmingly fail to represent certain patient populations such as ethnic and racial minorities and ....

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Launches IMPACT Research Grants to Help Underserved Patients Access Clinical Trials


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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Launches IMPACT Research Grants to Help Underserved Patients Access Clinical Trials
May 6, 2021 GMT
RYE BROOK, N.Y., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today the launch of the IMPACT (Influential Medicine Providing Access to Clinical Trials) research grants to increase enrollment of individuals from underrepresented communities in clinical trials. Clinical trials are vital to improving cancer treatment, giving newly diagnosed patients access to state-of-the-art therapies, and providing a lifeline when other treatments have failed. Yet, clinical trials overwhelmingly fail to represent certain patient populations such as ethnic and racial minorities and people in rural communities. ....

New York , United States , Rye Brook , Irene Tung , Turner Jr , John Bryan , Lee Greenberger , John Leonard , Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center , University Of Florida , Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network , Edwardj Phillips Family Foundation , Urgent Need Program , Rahr Corporation , Bristol Myers Squibb , Mayo Clinic Cancer Center , Morphosys Foundation , Baptist Memorial Health Care , Leukemia Lymphoma Society , Mayo Clinic Health System , Pay Assistance Program , Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network , Charlie Fund , Information Resource Center , Mission Communications ,