[Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events.] The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy [new agents being tested to find the best dosage and possible side-effects] as well as or better than adults, ... Once the initial studies are done – that is, phase I trials in adults – study should begin in children.

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There's a desperate need for new approaches,

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Our ability to move ahead has waned. Overcoming the most difficult cancers with higher doses is not likely to succeed anymore.

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For many children current therapies are curative. But the price they pay in long-term side effects is far too high.

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There's a desperate need for new approaches. The success in pediatric oncology has been made with drugs that have been around for 30 years.

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[Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events.] The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy [new agents being tested to find the best dosage and possible side-effects] as well as or better than adults, ... Once the initial studies are done that is, phase I trials in adults study should begin in children.

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