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Questions You Should Ask
Finding answers, and making
choices, may be hard for people who are at risk for cancer
and for those who care about them. It's important for you to
discuss your concerns and your choices with your doctor and
with the staff of any clinical study that you're thinking of
joining.
Ask questions about any issues
that concern you. You need to review your choices.
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for Getting Information
When you talk with
your doctor or members of the research team:
- Take a family
member or friend along for support and for help in
asking questions or recording answers.
- Plan ahead what
to ask--but don't be afraid to ask any new questions
you think of while you're there.
- Write down your
questions in advance, to make sure you remember to
ask them all.
- Write down the
answers--in this booklet or someplace else--where
you can review them when you want.
- Bring a tape recorder
to make a record of what's said (even if you write
down answers).
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National Cancer Institute
April 1999
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