## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. It is unclear how noncancer conditions affect the use or effectiveness of adjuvant therapy among older patients with colon cancer. ## METHODS. The authors conducted a cohort study of older patients with stage III colon cancer who were diagnosed from 1993 to 1999 in the
Adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer
β Scribed by Shaji K. Kumar; Richard M. Goldberg
- Book ID
- 107546029
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 272 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3790
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