Surgery Not Necessary For Most Late-stage Colorectal Cancers
Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that a large majority of patients who present with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other organs don't require immediate surgery to remove the primary tumor in the colon.
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