Cancer Clinical Trials Toolkit

Lidia Schapira, MD and Russell K. Schutt, Ph.D.

Table of Contents

Silas Henlon

• Title Page
• Project Summary
• Project Personnel
  
  
• What are cancer clinical trials?
• Types of Cancer Clinical Trials
• Organizations That Sponsor Clinical Trials
• Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT)
• Clinical Trials Education Series, CD by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
  • http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/clinical-trials-education-series
    
    
• Why are cancer clinical trials important?
• Lance Armstrong Foundation Cancer Patient Testimonials:
• http://www.livestrong.org/site/c.khLXK1PxHmF/b.2662117/k.68D9/Hear_Survivor_Stories.htm
• Websites about Cancer and Cancer Clinical Trials
  
  
• How do cancer clinical trials work?
• The Drug Development and Approval Process
• Phases of Clinical Trials
• Guide to Finding Clinical Trial Resources
  
  
• How are people protected?
• Questions You Could Ask
• Informed Consent Form (BIDMC)
• Belmont Report on Human Subjects Protections
• How to Join an Institutional Review Board
• Teaching Tools
• Cancer Clinical Trial CD/DVD Highlights
• Entering a Clinical Trial: Is it Right for You?
  The Dana Farber Cancer Institute CD.
• http://www.dana-farber.org/res/clinical/trials-info/default.html
• General Resources for Cancer Patients
• Hospital Cancer Resource Centers in Boston
• Cancer Support Groups in Boston
• Community Health Centers in and near Boston
• Massachusetts Insurance Information
  
  
• Glossary

We thank Nancy Lee for her contributions.