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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial: A 10-Step Guide
    Posted: 03/21/2005



Introduction






Before You Start:
Steps 1-3







Step 1






Step 2






Step 3






Searching for a Trial:
Steps 4-6







Step 4






Step 5






Step 6






After Finding a Trial:
Steps 7-10







Step 7






Step 8






Step 9






Step 10






Diagnosis Checklist






Who Produced This Guide?



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Who Produced This Guide?

Representatives from several organizations worked together to produce this guide.

  • The U.S. National Cancer Institute - The federal government's chief cancer research agency and part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration - the division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged with ensuring the safety and effectiveness of new drugs and other products
  • The Summit Series on Cancer Clinical Trials, sponsored by a variety of nonprofit groups including patient advocates, physicians, nurses, and others involved in the U.S. cancer clinical trial system

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