Clinical trial participant: Why I don¡¯t mind being in the control group
When I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes (a precursor of acute myeloid leukemia) in July 2015, I don¡¯t know what shocked me more: the fact that my only chance for a cure was a bone marrow transplant, or that because I was 75, my ¡°advanced¡± age disqualified me from receiving one.
Then I discovered that my insurance provider would consider covering transplants for patients over age 65 ¡ª but only if they met certain fitness...
