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Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer Offers No Survival Benefit after 10 Years
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In 1988, a team of researchers reported that, for patients with colon
cancer, postoperative chemotherapy was associated with better 5-year
disease-free and overall survival than surgery alone. However, this survival
benefit disappeared after 10 years, according to an update of that same
clinical trial that appears in the August