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What are chemotherapy drugs?
The drugs that are given that are directly toxic to cancer cells.
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What is the control arm?
The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive standard of care treatment.
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What is informed consent (will accept consent)?
The process a patient undergoes of learning the key facts about a clinical trial before deciding whether or not to participate.
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What is radiation?
The type of cancer treatment that uses electromagnetic waves to penetrate the body and eliminate cancer cells.
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What is phase 1?
The phase of clinical trials that assesses the safety of a new treatment modality.
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Who is the individual's own healthcare doctor?
The doctor who treats the patient during a clinical trial, who works with the research team to monitor the patient closely.
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What is surgery?
The type of treatment that involves the removal of cancer tissue.
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What is pre-clinical data?
The extensive supporting information required for a drug to reach clinical trials.
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What is a protocol?
The study plan on which a clinical trial is based that is carefully designed and reviewed by administrators and researchers to ensure the safety of the patient.
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Who is the radiologist?
The physician who analyzes images taken of the body to understand the state of the cancer.
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What is early conclusion of superiority?
The suspension of an arm of a clinical trial due to the overwhelming benefit observed in the other arm.
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What is institutional review board (IRB)?
The board that critically evaluates all clinical trials proposals for ethical considerations and assesses whether the benefit accrued from a trial will outweigh the harm.The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive the new treatment modality being assessed.
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What is the biopsy?
The removal of tissue from the body that is performed to assess whether cancer is present.
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What is the experimental arm?
The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive the new treatment modality being assessed.
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