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The part of the body where the cancer started, for example breast cancer or lung cancer

Term or phrase to include in the search

Treatment: Hormones: Treatment with endocrine therapy may include tamoxifen or aromastase inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer or goserelin for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Treatment: Chemotherapy: Treatment with oral or injected medications used to kill cancer cells.

Treatment: Targeted therapies and biological therapies: Targeted therapies block the growth of cancer cells by interfering with specifc targeted molecules needed for tumour growth. Examples include monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab (Herceptin), bevacizumab (Avastin) and cetuximab (Erbitux) and small molecule inhibitors such as lapatinib (Tykerb), imatinib (Glivec)and sunitinib (Sutent). Biological therapies use the body's immune system, either directly or indirectly, to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Examples include interferons, interleukins, colony-stimulating factors, vaccines, gene therapies and nonspecific immunomodulating agents.

Treatment: Radiotherapy: The use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer.

Treatment: Surgery: Any operation that requires surgical removal of cancer.

Treatment: Other: Other treatment types or drug classifications that are not listed in the treatment options above.

Antiemetics: Trials investigating the outcomes from the use of antiemetics.

Complementary: Complementary therapies complement conventional medical treatment. Complementary medicines can include herbal, vitamin, mineral, homoeopathic, nutritional and other supplements. Therapies include herbal medicine, Chinese medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture, homoeopathy, reflexology, aromatherapy, Alexander technique, Bach and other flower remedies, massage, hypnotherapy, shiatsu, ayurvedic medicine, nutritional medicine, yoga, anthroposophical medicine, spiritual healing, iridology, kinesiology, meditation and others.

Palliative care: Interventions used to control symptoms and improve quality of life.

Prevention/Screening: A test or treatment used to prevent cancer from developing or from progressing to cause symptoms or death. This might include a screening test, for example mammograms to prevent death from breast cancer.

Psychosocial: Interventions or techniques that involve counseling, training, communication or educational based programs.

Lifestyle: Trials investigating the outcomes from lifestyle changes. Lifestyle changes include exercise (physiotherapy, aerobic interval training, weight training) and diet (any dietary intervention).

Rehabilitation: An intervention to restore or improve physical abilities lost from cancer.

Diagnosis: Interventions or techniques aimed at identifying a disease or health condition.

Phase of investigation, usually applied to a drug trial.
Phase 1: the first tests of a treatment in humans that aim to test safety and the best drug dose.
Phase 2: aim to see how well the new treatment works against cancer and to monitor for side effects.
Phase 3: aim to test if the new treatment (the intervention treatment) is better than the current best standard treatment.
Phase 4: aim to assess any long-term side effects of a new treatment and occur after a drug has been licensed for use and put on the market.
Note that not all ANZCTR trials complete this field as it is not compulsory.

Open: participants are currently being recruited and enrolled.
Closed: participants are not being recruited.
Not yet recruiting: participants are not yet being recruited or enrolled.

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