It’s a myth that you should only join a metastatic breast cancer clinical trial when you have no other treatment options. Here’s why.
In general, you can join a clinical trial at any stage of metastatic breast cancer treatment. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or you’ve received multiple treatments, a clinical trial may be an option for you.
To learn about when you can join a trial, some common myths about when to join a trial, and why you should consider joining a trial at any point in your care, see below.
- Conquer Magazine: You can participate in a clinical trial early in your cancer journey
- Stark Raving Health: Good times to consider clinical trial participation are early in the treatment journey, at the time of progression, or when changing treatments
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Clinical trials are not just for people who have run out of standard treatment options (scroll to “Are clinical trials only for people who have no other treatment options?”)
- Metastatic Trial Talk: Clinical trials are not only a last resort
Last Modified on May 1, 2025