Clinical Oncology

New clinical oncology study findings recently were reported by D.L. Howell and co-researchers

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

"Purpose There have been concerns among pediatric oncologists that adolescent and minority patients are not getting adequate access to care. This study examines access to cancer care and survival outcomes based on age, race, and type of cancer in patients in Georgia," researchers in the United States report.

"Patients and Methods We performed a retrospective review of 1,751 cancer patients aged 0 to 19 years, diagnosed between 1998 and 2002, in the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry, which identified patients who were treated at one of five Georgia pediatric cancer centers (Children's Oncology Group [COG] members) at any point in their treatment. Data were further...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)

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