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Capitol Briefs: Cancer Clinical Trials (Gazetteonline.com, January 25, 2010)

Gazetteonline.com

January, 25, 2010

Capitol Digest: Cancer Clinical Trials
by: Charlotte Eby

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"We all benefit from the research that is done through these clinical trials, so that if one of us is in this situation in the future, we might have access to a breakthrough that's done because a particular patient was able to participate in one of these clinical trials," Olson said.

"A major barrier to increasing the participation rate is the potential for a patient to lose insurance coverage for routine patient care simply because they are participating in a clinical trial," Olson said.

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