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Cancer Imaging Clinical Trials
What are imaging clinical trials?
What are the types of imaging clinical trials?
How are imaging trials and drug trials different?
Who sponsors imaging clinical trials?
Where do imaging clinical trials take place?
Who can participate in an imaging clinical trial?
What is informed consent?
Should I participate in an imaging clinical trial?
Finding an imaging clinical trial

How are imaging clinical trials and drug treatment trials different?

Imaging clinical trials differ from drug treatment trials in that the scientific question being asked is aimed at understanding if or how a specific imaging test can best be used to screen, diagnose, direct the treatment of, or monitor the response to a therapy for a disease.

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