Carefully conceived clinical trials based on cutting edge scientific discoveries will slowly but surely crack the cancer problem. With the explosion of knowledge about the causes of cancer, new diagnostic methods and treatments can be designed. HOWEVER, knowing what works in cells in agar dishes or in animal tumors and translating that into what MAY work for humans requires a well-designed clinical trial.

Clinical Trials are where these new strategies--for diagnosis or treatment or both--are tested. All clinical trials must be approved by a Human Subjects Protection Board, often called an "IRB" Institutional Review Board. The following links address clinical research in humans.

• Clinical Trials - My thoughts on the importance and safety of clinical research
  
  
• What Cancer Patients need to know - Information from the National Cancer Institute
  
  
• The Nuremberg Code - Excerpt from the Nuremberg War Trials: "Permissible Medical Experiments"
  
  
• Helsinki Declaration World Medical Association - The Helsinki Declaration in 1964 further clarified ethical principles of scientific research involving humans.
  
  

Clinical Trials Available Through the National Cancer Institute and Nationally.

1. IN MY OFFICE:  US Oncology Research
   
   
2. IN THE US: Cancer.gov
   
   

• US Oncology - Research Web Site
  
  

• US Oncology Mission & Ethics Statement
  
• Clinical Trials Certication