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New Study Identifies Factors Associated with Incomplete Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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Physical frailty, treatment complications, and lack of social and psychological support may explain why elderly stage III colon cancer patients do not complete a course of chemotherapy after surgery, according to a study in the May 3 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Several trials