Medical research needs certainty because those who are sick want to be sure that a treatment is really effective. To achieve this goal, to make sure one cure works and does it better than anotherIt is essential that patients, who wish to and have been carefully informed about the trial proposed to them, participate in the studies proposed by doctors. What do they get in return? From a strictly personal point of view, they have the opportunity to receive innovative drugs not yet on the market, some of which will prove more effective than the previous ones. In a broader social perspective, participation allows each patient to contribute their experience to the advancement of knowledgeimproving the expectations of future patients responds Francesco Perroneelected president of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (Aiom) and director of the Clinical Trials Structure of the National Cancer Institute Pascale of Naples.
7 September 2022 | 10:00
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