ASCO: Controversies in Phase I Clinical Trials

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Conference|American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO)

Steve Joffe, MD discusses the ethical challenges and controversies in phase I clinical cancer trials.

Steve Joffe, MD discusses the ethical challenges and controversies in phase I clinical cancer trials: how physicians should present these clinical trials to patients-phase I trials typically have very low response rates (5% to 10%)-and explain their purpose without exaggerating the likely results.

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