For example, one underway in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle and Ayr in Scotland, features the drug Taxotere, made by Aventis Pharma. Currently being used to treat women with breast and lung cancer, the drug is now being tested on prostate cancer patients. The website is being launched by leading libel lawyer Sir George Carman QC, who has prostate cancer. I believe it is vital in the fight against the disease. Until now the only way most British cancer patients would know about the trials that might be suitable for them was if their doctor was up to speed on the latest developments.
Patients demand to be put on trials because it ensures they get the very best available treatment.
We want to change this attitude and give patients far more control of their own destiny. That's what this website is all about. The CancerHelp UK website was set four years ago to give detailed advice and information to cancer patients. Another major feature of the site is useful questions which patients can ask their doctors when faced with a diagnosis of cancer. We want this site to give them pointers on issues they might like to raise so that it can be another way of empowering them.