Hartenbach discusses clinical trials in story with SpectrumNews

Ellen Hartenbach, MD, chair of the UW Department of Ob-Gyn, joined SpectrumNews for a recent story about clinical trials at UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center and the support it provided to a patient when her uterine cancer returned in her right hip.

In “Madison woman finds hope after recurrent uterine cancer,” Hartenbach talked about one of the clinical trials patient Judi Trampf was able to join at the Carbone Cancer Center that has helped her recovery.

“Patients who join prospective clinical trials, especially at the phase three level, generally do better than those who don’t,” Hartenbach said. “Being eligible for a phase three trial is actually a positive opportunity.”

Read the whole article here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson