People volunteer to take part in these research studies. Those who join clinical trials help further the knowledge base that helps improve breast cancer care. Over the past 40 years, breast cancer treatment has greatly improved due to lessons learned through clinical trials.Clinical trials test the safety and benefits of new treatments as well as new combinations (or new doses) of standard treatments.
There are many new treatments for MBC currently being studied in clinical trials. Findings from these trialswill determine whether or not new treatments become a part of the standard of care for MBC. Those livingwith MBC are often the first to benefit from new breast cancer treatments. They may be more likely to joina clinical trial than those with earlier-stage disease. Even so, some may feel like they are viewed as researchsubjects and not human beings.
