A clinical trial is a research study that uses volunteers to discover better ways to prevent, diagnose or
treat cancer. Some examples of the types of trials, include:
- new or improved treatments or medicines
- new ways of providing or combining currently used therapies
- matching patients and disease with the best treatments and medications
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This animation gives an easy-to-understand overview of what cancer clinical trials are and how they help to develop news ways to prevent, screen, test and treat cancer.
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For more information about cancer clinical trials, click here.
To find a cancer clinical trial that's available at Stony Brook, click here.
To contact cancer clinical trials staff, click here or
send an email: CancerClinicalTrials@stonybrookmedicine.edu
For the main Clinical Trials office, call (631) SB-TRIAL (728-7425).