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ArchivesColorectal Cancer News in Brief: June 12
Briefs are back this week after a couple of weeks off for the ASCO meeting, and we review research that finds small liver mets don’t affect survival after treatment for peritoneal carcinomatosis. A gene has been found that’s necessary for Celebrex to control new colon polyps.
In other headlines, chimps don’t get cancer but aren’t as smart as humans, a new clinical trial is underway for people with KRAS mutant tumors, and a subcommittee of the House Veterans Affairs Committee will be holding hearings to investigate infections from poorly sanitized colonoscopes in VA medical centers.
Two helpful publications are available online: One provides help understanding medical abstracts; the other is an advocate’s guide to negotiating Medicare Part D appeals. Continue reading…
Posted by Kate Murphy on June 12th, 2009
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Tags: Celebrex, chimps, Imprime PGG, Medicare Part D, peritoneal carcinomatosis, Veterans Affairs
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