Cancer Clinical Trials: The Search for a Cancer Cure

Finding the cure for cancer depends on clinical research. Many patients aren't even aware that they can participate in clinical trials or research studies. Watch this video for an overview of cancer clinical trials and to learn how you might be able to participate in one.  This is not intended as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before beginning any new health practice.

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Hello everyone.  I’m Dr. Lisa Schwartz and this is Cancer Straight Talk where you get cancer information from a cancer doctor.  Today we are going to be discussing how we get closer to a cure for cancer.  How did we as medical professionals come to know that the treatment that is being recommended to you is the best that we have to offer right now? How is it that we discover and evaluate new treatments for cancer?  Well that is what clinical trials are all about.

Before a treatment or procedure becomes the next greatest advance in cancer care, it must prove that...

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