As no current cancer treatment results in the cure of all the patients treated, cancer doctors are continually looking for new ways to treat the disease and they do this by using clinical trials . You may be asked to take part in a trial.
Trials compare new treatments with the best available standard ones.
This is called a controlled clinical trial and is the only reliable way of testing a new treatment. Informed consent means that you know what the trial is about, you understand why it is being conducted and why you have been invited to take part, and you appreciate exactly how you will be involved. We would be happy to send you a copy. All rights reserved. Readers are strongly advised to discuss the information with their doctor.