How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial - National Cancer Institute


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


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Before You Start: Step 1

Understand Clinical Trials

This guide assumes you already know what clinical trials are and why you might want to join one. If you need to, review your understanding of clinical trials before you continue the steps in this guide.

The Learning About Clinical Trials section of this Web site offers a variety of articles to help you understand what cancer clinical trials are, why they are important, and how they work. The articles also describe the different phases of clinical trials and will help you to better focus your search for trials.

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