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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(7):478-479; doi:10.1093/jnci/97.7.478
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Large Variations Seen in Treatment of Adults with Brain Cancer

Vicki Brower

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Many adult patients with malignant glioma receive care that varies widely from established standards or generally accepted practices, according to new research on patterns of care for this disease.

Most troubling about the study's findings, according to its lead investigator Susan Chang, M.D., is that only 15% of the more than 700 patients studied were participating in clinical trials, and only 54% of all patients studied received chemotherapy, despite evidence showing that chemotherapy can extend survival.

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