Cancer Clinicial Trials Questions

1. FAQ: How Can I Enroll in a Clinical Trial for an Alzheimer's Disease Drug?

   Your best bet to enroll in clinical research for an Alzheimer's disease treatment is to check the federal Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials Database, a joint project of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)...
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2. What treatments are most successful for sarcoma?

   Of course you will want the medical oncologist's opinion on this, but have you considered clinical trials? ClinicalTrials.gov may have some opportunities to participate in new sarcoma treatments.
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3. How do I persuade my father to join a clinical trial that could help him fight bone cancer?

   When the prognosis for treatment isn't optimistic, a clinical trial can offer the possibility of increasing your father's odds of beating the disease or increasing the quality of his life. I'd encourage you to continue talking with your father about this clinical trial, and try to find out why he's refusing to join...
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4. How can we transfer my mom to a cancer teaching hospital?

   It seems like you need a few answers:
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5. Why would my husband not be given chemo threatment?

   My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August, 2008. He took three rounds of Zeloda and Gemzar. He had no medicine until December, when he was told they could not help anymore because the chemo did not work. He got into MD Anderson, Houston, Texas and the doctor there told him he would give...