Clinical Trials

What are Cancer Clinical Trials? (Modified from: National Cancer Institute)

A clinical trial is one of the final stages of a long and careful research process. In cancer, clinical trials are designed to answer questions about new ways to:

• Treat cancer
• Find and diagnose cancer
• Prevent cancer
• Manage symptoms of cancer or side effects from its treatment

These trials test many types of treatments, such as:

• Drugs or vaccines
• Ways to do surgery or give radiation therapy
• Combinations of treatments

The goal of this research is to find better ways to help cancer patients fight their disease.

View a National Cancer Institute video about cancer clinical trials