As a woman or man living with metastatic breast cancer, you may have thought about whether a clinical trial would be a good option for your care. But if your doctor has never talked to you about clinical trials, you may not know when or how to broach the subject.
Below you can find tips on how to talk to your doctor about clinical trials as well as checklists of questions to ask your doctor that you can bring with you to your next appointment. If your doctor doesn’t want to talk to you about clinical trials, you may want to consider getting a second opinion from another doctor. (You can learn more about how to get a second opinion in the September 2019 MTT.)
- BreastCancerTrials.org: What to Ask Your Doctor
- Stand Up to Cancer: Talking About Clinical Trials
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Clinical Trials
- Cancer Support Community: In Their Own Words: Doctors and Patients Discuss Clinical Trials
Additional checklists on How to Talk to Your Doctor:
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBC Alliance): Clinical trial checklist
- Susan G. Komen: Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Clinical Trials
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC): Breast Cancer Worksheet: What to Ask Your Clinical Trial Team
Last Modified on February 16, 2021