Prevention Trials: These studies study better ways to prevent disease in people who have never had the disease or to prevent recurrance. These approaches may not involve only medicines or vaccines, but perhaps lifestyle changes, vitamins or minerals.
Early detection/screening trials: This type discovers ways to find or detect early stages of the illness.
Diagnostic trials: These trials discover innovative and improved methods to determine if someone has cancer – and if so, the location of the tumor, how much cancer is actually present, and whether it has metastasized to other parts of the body.
Treatment trials: These trials test new treatments, new combinations of drugs, or new approaches to surgery or radiation therapy.
Quality of life/supportive care trials: This type seeks to improve the comfort and quality of life for patients and their families, or find advancements in palliative care.
Most of the trials SARC coordinates study how a specific anti-cancer drug treatment affects the patients who receive it.