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How Research and Discovery Can Help You

Breast cancer treatment has made great strides in recent years. You have more reason to hope than ever before. The reason is research and discovery.

Patients at Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Cancer Centers benefit from the most up-to-date knowledge available. We stay on the leading edge of cancer care through national organizations such as:

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)
Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)
North Central Cancer Study Group (NCCTG)

We are a founding member of the Penn State Cancer Institute. It brings the benefits of research and education at Penn State's School of Medicine to our patients. Our doctors are all faculty members at Penn State. Our membership also gives our patients access to research, treatment and clinical trials that are not available elsewhere in our region.

Clinical trials are ongoing research studies of new approaches to prevention and treatment -- often new drugs or new ways to use existing drugs. The new approaches have been thoroughly tested in the laboratory. The last step toward approval by the Food and Drug Administration is to try them with people.

Depending on your specific cancer, you may be eligible to participate in a trial. If you are, your doctor will tell you about it. We can also help you get information about trials at other cancer centers nationwide.

Of course, whether you participate in a trial is always completely up to you. There's never any pressure.

This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM

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