TRICARE, Your Military Health Plan

In This Section:

• Cancer Clinical Trials
• Questions to ask Your Doctor
• Costs
• Chiropractic Care
• Designated Locations
• Combat-Related Special Compensation Travel Benefit
• Before Traveling for Specialty Care
• Requesting Reimbursement
• Computer and Electronic Accomodations Program (CAP)
• Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)
• Purchasing CHCBP Coverage
• Getting Care Through the CHCBP
• Filing CHCBP Claims
• Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
• Who May Qualify
• Benefits
• Costs and Coverage Limits
• ECHO Home Health Care
• Autism Services Demonstration
• Foreign Force Member Health Care Option
• Line of Duty/Notice of Eligibility
• Pre-activation Benefit for National Guard and Reserve
• Medical Benefits
• Dental Benefits
• Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP)
• TRICARE Prime Options
• TRICARE Standard Options
• Dental Options
• Transitional Care for Service Related Conditions
• TRICARE Philippine Demonstration
• Philippine Demonstration Designated Areas
• Getting Care under the Demonstration
• Submitting a Waiver Request
• Health Care Costs under the Demonstration
• Filing Health Care Claims under the Demonstration
• TRICARE Plus
• Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Overseas
• Offices

Questions To Ask Your Doctor

There are many things to think about when considering enrollment in a cancer prevention or treatment clinical trial. Whether at risk for cancer, or recently diagnosed with cancer, you and your loved ones have many choices for care.  Here are some questions to help you get started when talking to a doctor about your cancer prevention or treatment options through a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored clinical trial.

Understanding the study

• What's the purpose of the clinical trial?
• Why do doctors think the approach will work?
• How is the safety of participants being checked?
• How long will the clinical trial last?

Deciding your participation and care

• What kinds of therapies, tests or procedures will I have during the clinical trial?
• Who will be in charge of my care?
• Will I be able to see my own doctor?
• How could being in the study affect my daily life?
• Can I talk with other people who are in the study?

Determining possible risks and benefits

• What are the short-term benefits for me?
• What are the long-term benefits for me?
• What are the short-term risks, such as side effects?
• What are possible long-term risks?
• How do the risks and benefits of this trial compare with those available through standard care?

Last Modified:March 3, 2010