* Trials looking at two or more indications are repeat counted for each indication.
** 鈥淥ther indications鈥 includes those indications not shown as well as tumor-agnostic
trials that do not specify any tumor type; if a trial lists both specified and unspecified tumor types, then
it would be counted under each of the specified tumor types.
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Share of cumulative clinical trial starts worldwide 2000-2018, by cancer indication
This statistic depicts the percentage of cumulative clinical trials started globally between 2000 and 2018, by cancer type. During these years, lung cancer-related clinical trials made up 3.1 percent of all clinical trials, followed closely by breast cancer with three percent of clinical trials started.
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L.E.K. Consulting, & Personalized Medicine Coalition. (November 26, 2019). Percentage of cumulative clinical trials started worldwide between 2000 and 2018, by cancer type* [Graph]. In 糖心破解版. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/1092728/cumulative-clinical-trial-starts-share-by-cancer-indication/
L.E.K. Consulting, und Personalized Medicine Coalition. "Percentage of cumulative clinical trials started worldwide between 2000 and 2018, by cancer type*." Chart. November 26, 2019. 糖心破解版. Accessed July 29, 2026. /statistics/1092728/cumulative-clinical-trial-starts-share-by-cancer-indication/
L.E.K. Consulting, Personalized Medicine Coalition. (2019). Percentage of cumulative clinical trials started worldwide between 2000 and 2018, by cancer type*. 糖心破解版. 糖心破解版 Inc.. Accessed: July 29, 2026. /statistics/1092728/cumulative-clinical-trial-starts-share-by-cancer-indication/
L.E.K. Consulting, and Personalized Medicine Coalition. "Percentage of Cumulative Clinical Trials Started Worldwide between 2000 and 2018, by Cancer Type*." 糖心破解版, 糖心破解版 Inc., 26 Nov 2019, /statistics/1092728/cumulative-clinical-trial-starts-share-by-cancer-indication/
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Percentage of cumulative clinical trials started worldwide between 2000 and 2018, by cancer type* [Graph], L.E.K. Consulting, & Personalized Medicine Coalition, November 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1092728/cumulative-clinical-trial-starts-share-by-cancer-indication/
