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Reasons for not receiving standard of care treatment and effectiveness of capecitabine in stage III colon cancer patients in Alberta
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Adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care for stage-III colon cancer. Despite this, large proportions of patients do not receive it; the oncologist may not recommend it or the patient may refuse it. We aimed to identify the physicians’ and patients’ reasons for making treatment decisions. We...
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Variation by Oncologist in Treatment Patterns of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer and End-of-life Care for Colorectal Cancer Patients in Alberta, Canada
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Colorectal cancer is one of major public health concerns in Canada. Prior studies have demonstrated a substantial proportion of patients in Alberta with stage III colon or stage II/III rectal cancer did not receive guideline-recommended adjuvant chemotherapy. Certain patient factors related with...
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