As an academic medical center, the Georgia Cancer Center in Augusta, GA is actively involved in cancer research for cancer patients.

Clinical trials are the last step in a carefully regulated, detailed scientific process that starts in a laboratory in cells or tissue and are then tested in humans - oftentimes years later and always after strenuous review.

Medical studies are supervised by a local physician and look at every stage of disease, from first diagnosis to advanced disease. All are designed to find, diagnose, treat or prevent cancer.

Breast

Hematologic Malignancies

Contact Us

Clinical Trials Office

Health Sciences Campus

Georgia Cancer Center - M. Bert Storey Research Building

1410 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30912

Enrollment Eligibility

Before a patient is enrolled in a clinical trial, the individual is carefully screened against a set of criteria designed to identify a group of people that are as similar as possible.

Qualification for a trial depends on a variety of factors including stage of disease, existing health conditions and other factors. The patient then goes through what is known as “informed consent” where the goals of the trial, why it is needed and how it will work are explained in easily understandable terms. Patients should take the time to discuss all the details of a clinical trial with their doctor and family before agreeing to participate. Questions to consider include information about costs, time commitments, and potential benefits as well as side effects. This may vary, based on where the new therapy or tool is in the development and testing process.