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Older patients benefit from XELOX after surgery

Date: 1/25/2010
Source: C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition » Research & Treatment News

Written by Kate Murphy.

Update from 2010 GI Cancers Symposium
Colon cancer patients over 70 actually had a greater reduction in disease-free survival than did younger ones with a new regimen of Xeloda® and oxaliplatin compared to older IV 5-FU treatments according to a new analysis reported at the GI Cancers Symposium in Orlando.
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