title: Why should cancer patients participate in clinical trials?
abstract: Primary care physicians can help their cancer patients decide whether to enter a clinical trial of an experimental treatment by frankly discussing the pros and cons. Phase 1 trials pose difficult emotional issues for patients and ethical issues for physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markman
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017321:Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*