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Cancer Vaccines
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University report on findings in cancer vaccines
April 7th, 2009
Researchers detail in 'Comparing care for breast cancer survivors to non-cancer controls: a five-year longitudinal study,' new data in cancer. "Deficiencies in care for cancer survivors may result from unclear roles for primary care providers (PCPs) and oncology specialists in follow-up. To compare cancer survivors' care to non-cancer controls," scientists in the United States report. "Retrospective, longitudinal, controlled study starting 366 days post-diagnosis. Stage 1-3 breast cancer survivors age 65+ diagnosed in 1998 (n=1961) and matched non-cancer controls (n=1961). Using the SEER-Medicare database, we examined the number of visits to PCPs, oncology specialists,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-07)
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