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Stop-And-Go Oxaliplatin Effective in Elderly Colon Cancer Patients
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Title Stop-And-Go Oxaliplatin Effective in Elderly Colon Cancer Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569361?src=rss
Description Elderly patients with metastatic colon cancer, those between 76 and 80 years of age, have response and survival rates similar to their younger counterparts when given a treatment approach that includes stop-and-go oxaliplatin. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Jan 30, 2008
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