Public Participation Involvement and Engagement in Cancer Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781035878642)

Patients and the public have a history of participation and advocacy in cancer research, generally for the benefit of future cancer patients rather than themselves. Participation is necessary if drugs and treatments are to be properly tested. Advocacy adds a unique perspective that enables the integration of two valuable and powerful viewpoints, the experiential disease and treatment knowledge, needs and priorities of the patient, and the professional disease and treatment knowledge and priorities of the researcher or clinician. This synergistic combination is a key enabler for focused and relevant diagnostic and treatment advances in cancer research. However, recruitment of the right numbers and profile of patients and the public into participation and advocacy remains a challenge. This book seeks to take the mystery out of participation and advocacy in cancer research trials by explaining the whole process, in lay terms, in the hope that more people will be encouraged to participate and become advocates.

Author: Raymond Gardner
ISBN-10: 103587864X
ISBN-13: 9781035878642
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2025
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d