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Oncologists Divided Over Experimental Treatments
Medscape
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The majority of respondents — 61% — said that
patients should be discouraged from using
off-protocol treatments. A smaller number — 31% — said they should
not be available at all.
More than half the oncologists surveyed said that patients considering
trial enrollment should
be informed if an investigational therapy is available; 34% disagreed. A
total of 26% of
respondents thought that patients considering enrollment have a right to
off-protocol
treatment; 56% said this is not the case.
Survey Reveals Blood Cancer Patients Not Being Directed to Clinical Trials Despite
Their Importance in Developing New Therapies prnewswire
Kornhaber said the findings were troubling because clinical trials are such a crucial step in the development of new treatments and are often the only remaining hope for patients.
"For many cancer patients, clinical trials present an opportunity to take advantage of
promising new treatments not yet available and may offer new hope for patients when
the standard treatments are not effective," Kornhaber said.
She added that most types of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are not curable, yet
many promising therapies are being tested in clinical trials to assess if they will delay
the progression of disease and/or reduce side effects compared to standard therapies.
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Results of a survey to help understand why cancer
patients choose to enter or not to
enter cancer clinical trials. actmagazine
Public Registration of Clinical Trials ~ Robert Steinbrook, M.D.
NEJM 2004
Would a clinical trial
be appropriate for me? Questions for your doctor.
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