{"id":9541,"date":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.rftcjapan.org\/pickup-article\/cancer-trials-are-changing-that-could-mean-faster-access-to-better-drugs-2\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","slug":"cancer-trials-are-changing-that-could-mean-faster-access-to-better-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pickup-article\/cancer-trials-are-changing-that-could-mean-faster-access-to-better-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Trials Are Changing. 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