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Clinical trials for childhood cancer drugs are critical, but parents don't always understand what they are signing up for

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imageDo parents know enough about clinical trials to give informed consent?Sick child image via www.shutterstock.com.

Each week in the United States, about 300 children are diagnosed with cancer. Many of them will be offered treatment as part of a clinical trial that tests different drugs or different ways to give standard drugs.

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