It takes clinical trial participants working together with doctors and researchers to discover new treatments in the fight against cancer. Cancer patients who make an informed decision to participate in a clinical trial get first access to the latest promising cancer therapies. They also benefit generations of future cancer patients by providing the gift of information that helps scientists and doctors develop new, more effective ways to prevent and treat cancer. Here, participants tell their clinical trial stories.
Participant perspective:
Ovarian cancer patient finds clinical support through survivorship care at Massey
For Tiffany Stout, she chose to undergo a treatment to make her eligible for a clinical trial.
More testimonials:
- Dianne Harris Wright, ovarian cancer survivor
- Junius Hayes, prostate cancer survivor
- Linda Powell Pruitt, Ph.D., multiple myeloma survivor
- Ida McCutchen, lung cancer survivor
- Terrell Harrigan and True Luck, breast and lung cancer survivors, respectively
- Bob Holdsworth, oral cancer survivor
- Connie Madison, pancreatic cancer survivor
- Micky Hale Smith, breast cancer survivor
More videos:
"I had to be proactive..."
When Brenda Kliesen's melanoma diagnosis came in 2012, she knew she had to be proactive and enroll in a clinical trial.
"A sense of purpose..."
Triple-negative breast cancer survivor Linda Ray found a sense of purpose through her participation in a clinical trial at Massey.