Medical News Summary: Combination drug therapy for treating colorectal cancer challenged

About: Combination drug therapy for treating colorectal cancer challenged
Date: 3 November 2004
Source: Reuters Health
Author: Larry schuster
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Reuters Health): Early finding of a new study disagrees contradicts the current treatment practice for colorectal cancer in the US. Currently, a fairly toxic combination drug therapy is used but study results indicate that treatment of with 5-fluorouracil initially and adding other drugs if needed produces similar survival rates. These study findings are only valid for advanced inoperable colorectal cancer.
URL: http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=7665
Related Disease Topics: Colorectal cancer

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