New bilingual database allows patients to search by cancer type, contains details about eligibility, treatment, location and contact information

Nearly a decade ago, Laura Crane joined a clinical trial for her cancer. Now, she is healthy, and looking back, she wishes that finding a study was easier.

When Laura Crane was diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma a decade ago, searching for the right clinical trial felt like “enrolling in a heavy university course” at the worst possible moment.

The Thunder Bay teacher, now 47, burrowed down Google rabbit holes about skin-cancer research, trying to understand her options. She turned to her aunt, a physician in New Mexico, for guidance, and asked other doctors, friends and acquaintances what they knew about getting spots in trials.

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