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Clinical trials, also known as clinical research, are carried out to assess the effectiveness and safety of new medications. The Iowa Clinic has participated in clinical research since 1997.Clinical research not only allows our physicians access to leading-edge medicine but is crucial to the development of new treatments. Participating in a clinical study offers patients new alternatives to standard therapy before it is available to the general public.

Technologists perform PET/CT scanning and imaging to help uncover abnormalities that otherwise might go undetected. This allows the doctors to treat a disease based on the cellular function and physiology rather than relying on anatomy.