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The following list shows Featured Clinical Trials for a specific type of cancer. You may also want to view:

1.  Testing Trabectedin in Pediatric Patients
(Posted: 06/30/2009) - In this phase I clinical trial, children with solid tumors that have either recurred or have not responded to previous treatment will be treated with trabectedin.

2.  Helping Survivors of Childhood Cancer Quit Smoking
(Posted: 03/24/2009) - In this study, adult survivors of childhood cancer who smoke and want to quit will be randomly assigned to one of two quitline-based strategies: counselor-initiated quitline consultations or self-paced quitline consultations.

3.  Study of the Natural History of Neurofibromatosis Type 1
(Posted: 03/10/2009) - Researchers are conducting a long-term study of children and adults with neurofibromatosis type 1 and their healthy siblings to help gain a better understanding of the natural history of the disease and how to better detect and treat its symptoms.

4.  New Strategy for Treatment-Resistant Solid Tumors in Children
(Posted: 06/13/2006) - This clinical trial will assess the safety of of a drug called talabostat in combination with chemotherapy in pediatric patients with cancer who have not responded to or gotten worse after other treatments.

5.  Chemotherapy for Recurrent or Treatment-Resistant Lymphomas
(Posted: 07/26/2005) - In this trial, researchers are trying to determine whether a new drug called UCN-01 will help kill cancer cells in patients who have a type of lymphoma called anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
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