Clinical trials are research studies in which new treatments are tested against current standard treatments. They involve patients taking new drugs or undergoing new treatments to see whether these are effective in combating disease.
There are numerous breast cancer clinical trials currently underway throughout New Zealand and the rest of the world. These aim to identify new and more effective ways of treating breast cancer or ways of preventing it from occurring.
On this page you can find out more about how clinical trials work and the clinical trials that are currently underway in New Zealand. You can also find out more about current international research underway into breast cancer treatment.
