St. Rita's Clinical Research program is also affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minneosta, one of the nation's leading cancer treatment and research centers.
Clinical trials are cancer treatments still in research.
By allowing cancer patients to receive these treatments, researchers are discovering new and more effective methods of treatment. Advances in cancer treatment have been a direct result of the knowledge obtained from these clinical trials. If a new treatment proves to be more effective than what was previously used, then it may become the standard treatment applied to all cancer patients. To the patient, participating in a clinical trial means they will receive carefully monitored cancer treatment. Many clinical trial patients enjoy the benefit of knowing in advance exactly how their course of treatment will progress.