Open AccessPrevention and Early Detection Clinical Trials: Opportunities for Primary Care Providers and Their Patients
Author(s) -
Ford Leslie G.,
Minasian Lori M.,
McCaskillStevens Worta,
Pisano Etta D.,
Sullivan Dan,
Smith Robert A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.53.2.82
Subject(s) - clinical trial , medicine , primary care , intensive care medicine , family medicine
Enrollment into cancer prevention and early detection clinical trials represents a unique challenge compared with a diagnostic or treatment trial because it involves subjects without a diagnosis of cancer. This paper examines some of the barriers to participation in prevention and early detection trials and provides detailed information about two ongoing prevention and two ongoing early detection clinical trials open to enrollment as well as brief summaries of seven additional trials now open to enrollment.