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Making informed decisions about clinical trials

Pamela Cretella, Neighbor

MidState Medical Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society are hosting a program on clinical trials for cancer treatment. Learn how to make informed choices when determining if a clinical trial is right for you.  


Presenter and oncologist Gerard Fumo, MD from MidState Medical Center will cover:



  • Questions to ask about benefits/risk of standard treatments

  • How new blood cancer treatments are developed and approved

  • How to sort out of the myths from the facts about clinical trials

  • How to locate clinical trials that may be right for you

  • How The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society can help


A complimentary dinner will be served.

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