> One thing I’ve learned from following Jake Seliger’s excellent blog [0] is that cancer patients are often on their own when it comes to researching and applyi

> One thing I’ve learned from following Jake Seliger’s excellent blog [0] is that cancer patients are often on their own when it comes to researching and applying to clinical trials. And, IMO, this mostly makes sense. There's very limited spots and eligibility criteria; we can't throw everyone in a trial. Filtering based on who is most motivated to go through the process makes sense. The opposite, where oncologists enthusiastically convey the news of trials that probably won't work and offer false hope, isn't great. The whole point of the trial is to get to the point where we know we can recommend this for more people.