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Also, consider that a clinical trials for Cancer may not be a first line therapy or ideal choice - it's often something that people who are desperate and at an
by 1_over_n 8y ago
Also, consider that a clinical trials for Cancer may not be a first line therapy or ideal choice - it's often something that people who are desperate and at an advanced stage consider due to their options running out.
- ekianjo 8y agoYes, but even late stage patients don't have too many options because clinical trials are usually designed to follow very specific algorithms of treatments and reject patients who don't exactly fit in. So there is actually a lot of friction in the current system, and the fact that clinical trials are typically expensive for companies to run just exacerbates things.