Oncology Specialists, S.C.

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Oncology Specialists, S.C.
Lutheran General Advanced Care Center
1700 Luther Ln
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
866-611-1991
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Oncology Specialists, S.C.
Oak Mill Center
7900 Milwaukee Ave Ste 16
Niles, Illinois 60714
866-611-1991
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P: 866-611-1991
F: 847-318-2905

Clinical Research at Oncology Specialists

We are committed to active and extensive participation in clinical research. This allows us to offer a broad range of clinical research studies at our Chicago-area facilities, including studies of breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, and sarcoma. We offer clinical trials that allow our patients access to investigational medications.

Clinical trials provide important information about the effectiveness of new cancer treatments and prevention. It is important to understand that while routine medical care is designed to help the patient, care provided in a clinical trial is also designed to learn more about disease and treatment.

Clinical trials help develop improved treatments, and patients enrolled in the clinical trial will be the first to benefit from these improvements as they are identified. The information obtained from clinical trials is aimed at progressing in the fight against cancer. Without clinical trials and without the subjects who are willing to enroll in these trials, our treatments for cancer would never improve.

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Oncology Specialists Research Institute

This is our in-house department for the conduct of our Chicago-area clinical trials. Research programs provide our physicians with opportunities to study particular diseases in depth and to offer new treatments to patients who qualify.

Our research department is staffed by experienced professionals who are knowledgeable in both the management of oncologic disease from the clinical nursing perspective and in the management and reporting of research data.

We currently have active research programs in these areas (program directors are identified in parentheses):

In addition, our physicians have been instrumental in the development of the Lutheran General Hospital clinical research program and its Biologics/Vaccine Laboratory.

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Should You Participate in a Clinical Trial?

You and your physician should evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of taking part in a clinical research study. After careful consideration, you will make the decision that is right for you.

Without clinical trials, none of the current therapies that are available would have been approved for patient use. Proposed and ongoing studies are subject to review and monitoring by the Food and Drug Administration and institutional review boards, as well as by their sponsors and the participating physicians.

Patient care during our Lutheran General Hospital clinical trials is continuously monitored to assure a high degree of patient safety. And, of course, any patient may withdraw at any time from a trial in which he or she is participating, without giving a specific reason.

To learn more about clinical research studies, see www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials.

Here are some pros and cons of taking part in a clinical trial:

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If you would like to have more information about any of our Chicago-area clinical trials in breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, and sarcoma, or if you would like to be considered for participation in a trial, use the form below to contact us. The clinical research program coordinator for your area of interest will respond within two business days.






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