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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial: A 10-Step Guide

  • Posted: 03/21/2005
  • Updated: 06/08/2010

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Searching for a Trial: Steps 4-6

You have learned what clinical trials are and how they work, talked with your doctor about your interest in clinical trials, and prepared a checklist of key details about your cancer. You are now ready to search for clinical trials that might be right for you.

This section will help you to:

  • Search the Internet for lists of cancer clinical trials that are accepting eligible people.
  • Compare the information on your Cancer Details Checklist (from Step 3) with a trial's eligibility criteria and identify trials that might be good options for you.
Helpful Tip: To help tell whether health-related Web sites, including those that list cancer clinical trials, are reliable, see Evaluating Online Sources of Health Information.