Cancer clinical trials
Subtitle: experimental treatments & how they can help you
By: Robert Finn.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Patient-centered guides
Publisher: O'Reilly
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Beijing; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Cancer -- Research; Cancer -- Popular works; Antineoplastic agents -- Testing; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials -- popular works; Neoplasms -- therapy -- popular works
Genres: Popular works.; popular works.
Description: "Includes reasons to decide in favor or or against participating in a trial; structure, administration and ethical guidelines of clinical trials; who is included and excluded from joining a trial; how to read the informed consent document and trial protocol (a lengthy, technical document that contains the scientific details of the clinical trial); interviews from researchers and patients; a set of hard questions to ask yourself and your doctor."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.