The London-based Cancer Research Campaign has expanded its Web site to include up-to-date news on clinical trials in order to help patients decide if they are eligible for participation. This is the first time information on upcoming or ongoing trials has been available to the public in the U.K., according to director general Gordon McVie.
The Web site will also offer a list of questions patients can ask their doctors after they have been diagnosed with cancer.
"These questions include things like: what experience has the specialist got in treating my sort of cancer; what if I don't agree with what's being proposed; is this my only option?" said Dr. Nick James of the University of Birmingham, who helped to set up the site.
The Web site can be accessed at www.cancerhelp.org.uk.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersNovember 15, 2000
Reuters Health contributed to this story.
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