The Plan said the ultimate goal should be to «offer patients a maximum one month wait from an urgent referral for suspected cancer to the beginning of treatment». (politics.co.uk)
The researchers found that children who had access to the tablets during therapy were more likely to use language spontaneously and socially than the children who received the communication intervention alone — and that incorporating the tablets at the beginning of the treatment was more effective than introducing it later in the therapy. (sciencedaily.com)
In the control arm, dacarbazine was not used in compliance with the approval, however: Instead of administration in combination with another drug (doxorubicin), dacarbazine was used as monotherapy, and a different dosage was used in the beginning of the treatment. (sciencedaily.com)