by Katie Budris Cancer has long impacted the women in my family, starting with my grandmother, then my mother, and now me. When I was 10, my grandmother moved in with us along with a live-in nurse to help my mother care for her until cancer...
Informed Consent Have you ever wondered what it means to sign the legal “Informed Consent” papers when going through a clinical trial? If you are considering a particular treatment or procedure that is being offered through a clinical trial, you can’t receive that treatment or procedure...
For many reasons, becoming a participant in a clinical trial is surrounded by a great deal of confusion. Triage Cancer wants to provide you with information about participating in a clinical trial, understand insurance coverage for clinical trials, and help you find trials that may...
In our Clinical Trials blog series, we’ve covered topics such as how to find the right clinical trial, how to find and pay for clinical trials, and even if you have rights in a clinical trial. You may have heard a lot about clinical trials, but still have questions...
Like many people, I thought fighting cancer was a physical battle and that recovering from surgery was the victory. Looking back now, seven years later, I see that the battle had two fronts: the physical and the emotional. I neglected the latter. For those who have...
You may have questions about clinical trials, including how to find them and how to pay for them. We have resources to help give you answers! What is a clinical trial? A cancer clinical trial is a research study that looks for new ways to prevent, find...
Today, we are sharing this wonderful article and resource from fightcolorectalcancer.org on how to stay healthy during flu season, especially if you are an individual diagnosed with cancer! With fall just around the corner, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expects flu season to begin ramping up...