For a very few cancers, treatment options are minimally invasive,
resoundingly curative, and have very few side effects. However,
most cancer patients face treatment options that are less than
ideal. The odds they have been given for a chance of recurrence
might be frightening. Or, the "cure rate" of treatment might be
good, but the side effects (short- or long-term) might be daunting.
However, there's great hope on the horizon. Basic research on
cell biology is finally yielding important clues about the nature
of cancer, and these clues are leading directly to promising new
treatments. Physicians are finding better ways to alleviate cancer
pain and some of the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Medical
device companies are testing new ways to detect cancer in ever
earlier stages. And researchers are even developing therapies that
will prevent the development of cancer in people who are at
risk.
Author Robert Finn, a science and medical journalist, believes
that if you are not evaluating potential experimental treatments
alongside the standard treatment protocols, you aren't considering
all the facts you need.
"Cancer Clinical Trials is aimed at helping you consider the
range of treatment options available through clinical trials --
treatments that may not be available any other way. It
includes:
Reasons to consider a trial (as well as reasons to decide
against one)
Structure of clinical trials and ethical guidelines
Administration of trials (and what are the interests and
involvement of players such as the FDA, pharmaceutical companies,
the NCI, scientists)
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for joining a trial
Reading the trial protocol
Hard questionsto ask yourself and your doctor
Interviews from researchers and patients
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