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Ovarian Cancer Education Podcast

Clinical Trials

Season 1, Ep. 5

What are clinical trials? How can clinical trials help me or other ovarian cancer patients? How do I enroll? Are there resources available to help me find clinical trials?


Learn the answers to these questions and more in the most recent episode of the Ovarian Cancer Education podcast, featuring special guests Dr. Ira Winer and Nurse Jennifer Land from Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI.


Interested in participating in future episodes of the podcast? Have a topic you would like to see covered? Reach out to moqc@moqc.org.


Clinical Trials Resources

Clinical Trials

https://clinicaltrials.gov/

American Cancer Society - Clinical Trials

https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/clinical-trials.html

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Clinical Trials

https://www.nih.gov/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you

National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Clinical Trials

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/search


Other Ovarian Cancer Resources

Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Ovarian Cancer Patient Navigation Line: 1-844-446-8727

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/ 

Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MIOCA)

https://www.mioca.org/

Society of Gynecologic Oncology: Ovarian Cancer

https://www.sgo.org/patient-resources/ovarian-cancer/

Foundation for Women's Cancer: Ovarian Cancer

https://www.foundationforwomenscancer.org/gynecologic-cancers/cancer-types/ovarian/

NCCN Patient Guidelines: Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

https://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/content/PDF/ovarian-patient.pdf

American Cancer Society: Ovarian Cancer

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/ovarian-cancer.html

Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Ovarian Cancer

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/ovarian/index.htm

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)

https://www.facingourrisk.org/

Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium

https://moqc.org/

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC)

http://ovarian.org/

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