Cancer patients not getting needed chemotherapy after surgery
A Journal of the American Medical Association study finds advanced colon cancer patients, especially Blacks, women, and elderly, are less likely to receive post surgical chemotherapy despite survival benefits. Chemotherapy after surgery raises five year survival by about 16 percent.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
J. Milburn Jessup
National Cancer Institute
Georgetown University Medical Center
National Institutes of Health
Cancer Treatment Trends and Disparities in 2002 Data
A national study of nearly 86,000 patients at 560 U.S. hospitals finds rising use of surgery plus chemotherapy from 39 percent in 1991 to 64 percent in 2002. Data show higher death rates for women than men in several cancers and persistent treatment disparities by race and age.
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U.S
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Dogs to help science decode canine genome
Scientists led by the Broad Institute report the near complete decoding of the dog genome using a boxer named Tasha. The work aims to identify genes linked to cancers heart disease diabetes epilepsy blindness deafness and certain psychiatric disorders. The finding marks a historic step in comparing canine and human genetics.
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Francis Collins
National Human Genome Research Institute
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Broad Institute of
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Nature
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Broad Institute
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