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| What Are Clinical Trials? |
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Clinical trials are carefully designed research studies that test
promising new cancer treatments. You will want to discuss this option
with your doctor. Patients who take part in research studies will be
the first to benefit from these treatments. These patients can make an
important contribution to medical care because the study results will
also help other patients. In a clinical trial, you get either standard
treatment or an experimental treatment. Studies are never done to see
if you would recover from cancer without treatment at all. As in any
other medical treatment, you are free to withdraw from a clinical trial
at any time and seek other treatment options.
To learn more about clinical trials:
- The American Cancer Society has a document called Clinical Trials: What You Need
to Know. Call 1-800-ACS-2345 to order copies.
- The American Cancer Society also offers a Clinical Trials
Matching Service to help you find clinical trials for which you might
be eligible. The service is available by telephone Monday through
Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT at 1-800-303-5691 or you can
fill out a screening questionnaire anytime at
http://www.cancer.org/clinicaltrials.
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) can provide a listing
of clinical trials based on the type and stage of your cancer. Call
1-800-4-CANCER or visit the NCI’s Web site at http://www.nci.nih.gov.
Revised: 03/08/2008
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