{"id":23129,"date":"2024-07-26T08:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23129"},"modified":"2024-07-26T08:16:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:16:20","slug":"cancer-care-vas-decentralized-clinical-trials-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23129","title":{"rendered":"Cancer care: VA\u2019s decentralized clinical trials program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source -news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decentralized clinical trial (DCT) is a type of research study where patients can participate from their own homes or local clinics rather than having to go to a specific research center or hospital. Through DCTs, doctors can find new ways to improve treatments and the quality of life for people with various diseases.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/133181\/cancer-decentralized-clinical-trials-program\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/133181\/cancer-decentralized-clinical-trials-program\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source -news.va.gov) A decentralized clinical trial (DCT) is a type of research study where patients can participate from their own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1447,1446,87,245],"class_list":["post-23129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-cancer-care","tag-decentralized-clinical-trial-dct","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23130,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23129\/revisions\/23130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}