Colon cancer treatment frequently is less aggressive than recommended, study finds

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 14:28 in Health & Medicine

New results from a major initiative on the quality of cancer care in the United States show that patients with a common type of colon cancer -- especially older patients -- often are not treated as aggressively with chemotherapy as research shows is necessary to improve survival.

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