4. Get to Know the Process Behind Prostate Cancer Trials

As much as a prostate cancer patient can be engaged in understanding the disease, clinical trials can be confusing. While some patients take the time to research the pathology of prostate cancer, their specific subtype and stage of the disease, and the treatments’ mechanisms of action, it is equally important to get to know the process, function and work of prostate cancer clinical trials before making any decision. Developing a new treatment takes years and the process aims to improve the treatment of diseases and medical conditions without harming people.

Read about how new therapies are developed, tested in clinical trials, and eventually made available to patients with a wide range of diseases, including prostate cancer, here.