|Articles|February 4, 2020

Patient Power Survey Shows Cancer Patients Willing to Participate in Clinical Trials

Results from the first Patient Power Cancer Clinical Trials Survey show that the majority of patients surveyed were interested in taking part in clinical trials. The survey also found that patients who participated in clinical studies-some of them in more than one-found them to be of clinical benefit.

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