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FOLFOX4 (Eloxatin-based Chemotherapy) After Surgery Improves Overall Survival in Patients With Early Colon Cancer.

Survival analysis (6-year median follow-up) of the MOSAIC study presented at this year's ASCO CHICAGO, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - FOLFOX4, an Eloxatin(R) (oxaliplatin injection)-based chemotherapy regimen, significantly improved the overall survival (OS) of patients with surgically resected

New Calculator Provides More Accurate Estimates of Colon Cancer Survival; Tool Can Aid Physicians in Making Treatment Decisions With Patients.

Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 5 (AScribe Newswire) - A new calculator tool can help physicians provide colon cancer patients with more accurate, individualized five-year disease-free and overall survival estimates with surgery alone and with additional chemotherapy treatment. The

Better Access to Health Care Is Key to Higher Survival Rates for African-Americans With Colon Cancer, Study Finds.

Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) - African-Americans with colon cancer are more likely to die from the disease than are whites, but a new study has found that those survival rate disparities virtually disappear when both groups have equal access to

Positive Xeloda Five-Year Overall Survival Study Data in the Adjuvant Treatment of Colon Cancer Presented at Leading European Cancer Meeting.

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ - Five-year follow-up overall survival data from the X-ACT (Xeloda in Adjuvant Colon Cancer Trial) study show that oral chemotherapy Xeloda(R) (capecitabine) is as effective as the current standard treatment - intravenous bolus 5-FU/LV (5-fluorouracil/

A cancer that's entirely preventable: Early screening for colon polyps dramatically raises survival rate.

Byline: Cathleen F. Crowley Mar. 27-Thousands of New Yorkers die each year from a cancer that could easily be avoided by taking a medical test. But a new study shows that more than half of all colon cancers in New York are detected in the late stages, when treatment options are limited and