After alternative medicine practitioners told her that there was little they could do for her late-stage cancer, she contacted the Cancer Information Service, a telephone referral center funded by the National Cancer Institute. The service sent Pannier information about ongoing clinical trials at cancer centers nationwide. When you have cancer, you feel like many aspects of your life are out of control. The Cancer Information Service helped me feel as if I still had a hand in my own destiny. Reassured by her research, she went back to Fox Chase and began the recommended treatment.
Clinical trials are invaluable.
They are cutting-edge research. I strongly recommend that anyone with a cancer explore what clinical trials might be appropriate for them. She also looked for other ways to heal her mind, body, and spirit. During the treatment, she worked with a naturopathic physician and used nutritional and herbal supplements. After her experimental treatment at Fox Chase successfully ended, she again consulted alternative medical practitioners.