Cancer Therapy
Findings from Cancer Institute advance knowledge in cancer therapy
Published in Gastroenterology Week, May 25th, 2009
Research findings, 'Stage-specific therapy for cancer of the oesophagus: a new 'cancer of the elderly',' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from the United States, "Oesophageal and gastric cancers are amongst the most frequent and lethal of cancers worldwide. In the US alone, some 13 000 individuals are affected each year, and mortality is particularly high in elderly patients with advanced stage disease and multiple co-morbidities."
"Patients usually do not present until later in the disease when symptoms occur, once the tumor is sufficiently large to cause obstruction or invasion of adjacent structures. Oesophageal cancer can metastasize to...
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