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Prevention Clinical Trials: Weighing the Pros and Cons
Possible Benefits
- If the agent being studied
is found to be helpful, you may be among the first to benefit.
- In a cancer prevention
clinical trial, your health is reviewed with care.
- A cancer prevention clinical
trial gives you a chance to help doctors learn more about
cancer prevention and help others.
Possible Drawbacks
- New agents may have side
effects or risks unknown to the doctors.
- The side effects, and
results, of the agent may be worse than what's now recommended.
- Even if a new agent is
helpful, it may not work for you.
- Health insurance and managed
care providers don't always cover all costs in a clinical
trial. (To find out what costs are likely to be covered for
you, talk to a member of the research team or a social worker.)
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National Cancer Institute
April 1999
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