Benefits of Participating in a Clinical Trial

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Mesothelioma clinical trials offer you the opportunity to receive the best healthcare available and to contribute to scientific evidence that will one day result in a mesothelioma cure.

You can choose to participate in a mesothelioma clinical trial and still work with your current healthcare team.

Some of the benefits you may derive from participating in a mesothelioma clinical trial include:

• New treatments with mesothelioma drugs that may be more effective than the standard treatment
• Mesothelioma doctors and nurses who will closely monitor your health status and watch very carefully for any side effects and changes in your condition while in the mesothelioma clinical trial
• Part of your mesothelioma treatment may be free of charge
• Satisfaction knowing that your involvement may ultimately help other people and result in mesothelioma cure
• Knowing that, if one of the treatments being tested (either new or old) is apparently much better than the other, you will be switched to the better treatment

For a complete list of trials available go to http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/ and choose "Mesothelioma" as the type of cancer in the search field.

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