An article last week says that women are underrepresented when it comes to clinical trials.
“The situation has left doctors with a lack of study participants and may be leaving women with the short end of the stick when it comes to developing gender-based treatments, like one for lung cancer that is targeted to women because it interacts with estrogen in the tumor.”
Have you ever participated in a clinical trial? If not, what prevents you from being a participant?
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Women and Clinical Trials -- Would You Participate?
An article last week says that women are underrepresented when it comes to clinical trials.
“The situation has left doctors with a lack of study participants and may be leaving women with the short end of the stick when it comes to developing gender-based treatments, like one for lung cancer that is targeted to women because it interacts with estrogen in the tumor.”
Have you ever participated in a clinical trial? If not, what prevents you from being a participant?
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If you would like to learn more about clinical trials, visit
www.clinicaltrials.gov/
EmergingMed, is a for-profit company, allowing patients to register and contacts them for suitable trials.
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation is a non-profit organization that also runs a clinical trial search.
All user-generated information on this site is the opinion of its author only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical conditions. Members and guests are responsible for their own posts and the potential consequences of those posts detailed in our Terms of Service.
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