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If You Have Cancer and Have Medicare... You Should Know About Clinical Trials
    Posted: 07/31/2003    Reviewed: 01/29/2009
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About Medicare

  • Ask your doctor
  • Visit the clinical trials section of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Web site at www.cancer.gov
  • Call NCI's Cancer Information Service toll-free at 1-800-4-CANCER (toll-free TTY for people who are deaf or hard of hearing: 1-800-332-8615)

About Medicare

Medicare is a health insurance program for people who are age 65 or older, some people with disabilities under age 65, and people with end-stage renal disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant).