Why clinical trials are critical to the future of cancer treatment

A clinical trial is a medical research study where patients volunteer to test new methods of prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment. Many clinical trial studies compare the standard of cancer care (such as chemotherapy) to new cancer treatments (such as immunotherapy). These studies explore new treatments that can offer fewer or reduced side effects and better outcomes for certain types of cancer. “Without clinical research, there will be no cure for cancer,” says Dr. Daniel Flora,…
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