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...this? Partly it's owing to patient misconceptions. "Patients are concerned if they enter a clinical trial that they may be part of the unlucky group that gets the placebo or 'dummy treatment' and not the real medicine," says Dr. Bob Comis, president of the National Cancer Cooperative Groups. They think the placebo group gets no treatment at all, when in fact it gets whatever is considered the best current standard of care...
...true that research scientists don't always have the best bedside manner, and sometimes they unnecessarily keep patients in the dark. And the consent forms are often so encrusted with medical jargon that some patients joke they would rather take their chances with cancer than fill them...
Assuming these problems can be overcome, how can you find the right clinical trial for you? First, ask your physician if there are any under way or coming up for which you might be eligible. If you have access to the Internet, you can log on to the National Cancer Institute's website www.nci.nih.gov and go to its Clinical Trials section. It has an easy-to-use search tool called the PDQ that will help you locate the trial nearest you. If you don't have a computer, you can call the National Cancer Institute directly at 800-4CANCER...
...more information on cancer clinical trials visit www.alphacancer.org You can also e-mail Dr. Ian at ianmedical@aol.com
DIED. LESTER BOWIE, 58, theatrical avant-garde jazz trumpeter and founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago; of liver cancer; in Brooklyn, New York. A key voice in the experimental-jazz movement of the 1960s in Chicago, Bowie recorded and performed in Europe and the U.S. for 35 years--often in his trademark white coat...