Participate in a Study

Doctors at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are constantly working to develop new and improved treatments for cancer because not all patients are cured with standard therapy. And some standard treatments may have several or uncomfortable side effects.

Every advance in cancer treatment has come from a clinical trial. Many of our patients come to SCCA to gain access to leading-edge treatments, including those available in clinical trials. Talk to your doctor to find out if a clinical trial might be appropriate for you.

Participating in clinical trials means having the first chance to benefit from treatments that have shown promise in earlier research. Patients in these trials also make an important contribution to medical science by helping doctors learn more about the disease. Although clinical trials may pose some risk, researchers take careful steps to protect people who take part.

Stomach cancer clinical trials at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center