Volunteers are often more than willing to accept those risks if the experimental intervention offers potentially more promising treatment for their condition, compared with what is on the market. (scientificamerican.com)
Because cancer doesn't play fair, and even the most promising treatments don't work on everybody. (health.com)
This is especially a problem in today's highly specialized world of medicine, where communication between specialties about promising treatment modalities may be limited. (MomsTeam.com)