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Clinical Trials

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All approved cancer treatments available today have been proven in clinical trials. This section explains how trials are run, how you might take part in a clinical trial and how a trial might help you.

Further information is also available under our shared decision aid resources to help patients who are considering taking part in a clinical trial: Decision aid resources.

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