Patients with advanced colon cancer having less surgery, better survival

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 15:21 in Health & Medicine

The annual rate of primary tumor removal for advanced stage IV colorectal cancer has decreased since 1988 and the trend toward nonsurgical management of the disease noted in 2001 coincides with the availability of newer chemotherapy and biologic treatments, according to a report.

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