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• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer drugs and radiotherapy - randomised trials >> Judith - Interview 24 >> Judith was asked about a trial of a new fibre-optic camera to be used by the anaesthetist during surgery to give a better view of her larynx.

Judith agreed to take part in a randomised trial comparing different intervals of chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She was allocated to the standard treatment and responded well.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer - Non-randomised studies >> Shirley - Interview 16 >> The sentinel node biopsy involved little apart from being injected with a dye which showed through her skin for some time after. She is not sure she w

Shirley was invited to join a surgical trial of sentinel node biopsy after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ). (You can read more of Shirley’s experience on the healthtalkonline DCIS site, Interview 22).

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer - Non-randomised studies >> Shirley - Interview 16 >> The surgical study Shirley was invited to join was to check that local surgeons could perform a particular procedure accurately. She had to have surge

Shirley was invited to join a surgical trial of sentinel node biopsy after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ). (You can read more of Shirley’s experience on the healthtalkonline DCIS site, Interview 22).

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Long term conditions >> Kate - Interview 13 >> Kate took part in an experimental non-randomised study of a new type of hip surgery. It is only available as part of an audit run by NICE of how safe

Kate and her husband took part in a trial comparing injections of grass pollen antigen against a placebo as a way to reduce hay fever. Kate was in the experimental group and her husband in the placebo group.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Trials involving surgery >> Alex - Interview 45 >> It did not worry him that he might be allocated to have surgery – compared with other people around him on the ward his problems seemed minor and he w

Alex fractured his heel in 2007. He agreed to take part in a trial comparing surgery with letting the bones heal naturally. He was randomised to the group having surgery, and his heel is slowly recovering.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Trials involving surgery >> Merilyn - Interview 41 >> Since the bypass surgery she has had pain for several years. She wonders whether it was because of the new way the operation was done as part of the t

Merilyn took part in a randomised trial of different procedures for carrying out a heart bypass operation. She was in the group which had the new procedure.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Trials involving surgery >> Merilyn - Interview 41 >> She has found it hard to deal with how the scar looks. She’d have liked to talk to other women patients about how they felt. The hospital could not of

Merilyn took part in a randomised trial of different procedures for carrying out a heart bypass operation. She was in the group which had the new procedure.