Cancer Clinical Trials: The Way We Make Progress Against Cancer.
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Cancer Clinical Trials:The Way We Make Progress
Against Cancer
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What Are Cancer Clinical Trials?
• Research studies to find better ways to prevent, detect, or treat cancer
• Help doctors find ways to improve cancer care
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Why Are Cancer Clinical Trials Important?
• Most of the best cancer treatments we have today are based on what we learned from clinical trials
• People with cancer are living longer because of clinical trials
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Do Many People Take Part in Cancer Clinical Trials?
• Few people take part• The more people who
take part, the faster we will find better ways to treat and prevent cancer
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What Are the Different Types of Clinical Trials?
• Treatment• Prevention• Diagnostic• Screening/early
detection• Quality of life
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Treatment Trials
• What new treatments can help people who have cancer?
• What is the most effective treatment for people who have cancer?
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Treatment Trials
• Many treatment trials compare two or more different approaches to treating cancer
• Participants will take either:– The best accepted cancer
treatment– A new treatment
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Prevention Trials
What approaches can prevent a specific type of cancer from developing in people who don’t have cancer?
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Prevention Trials
Two kinds, that ask participants to either:
1. Do something
2. Take something
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Protecting Patients’ SafetyInformed Consent
Before agreeing to take part, patients have the right to understand all that is involved in a clinical trial:
• Procedures and treatments
• Tests
• Possible risks and benefits
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Protecting Patients’ SafetyInstitutional Review Boards
• Committee made up of experts
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Benefits of Taking Part
Possible benefits:• Patients will receive, at a minimum, the best
standard treatment• If the new approach is proven to work,
patients may be among the first to benefit• Patients have a chance to help others and
improve cancer care
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Risks of Taking Part
Possible risks:
• Unknown side effects or other risks
• New treatment may not help every participant
• Costs
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Where to Find Clinical Trial Information
• Your doctor or nurse
• National Cancer Institute
– www.cancer.gov
• Cancer Information Service
– 1-800-4-CANCER
– TTY- 1-800-332-8615