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Side effects during chemotherapy predicted tumor response in advanced colorectal cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 29th, 2005
According to a recent article published in the British Journal of Cancer, "To investigate whether a relationship between chemotherapy-associated adverse events and treatment efficacy exists, we have analyzed the toxicity, objective response and survival data of 303 patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the first with beneficial effect (I, n=245), and the second with progressive disease (II, n=58)."
"Differences in terms of incidence rates, type and severity of adverse events were analyzed...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-11-29)
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