Use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage III colon cancer in Puerto Rico: A population-based study.
This study aims to examine factors associated with the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and the use of oxaliplatin after curative resection in stage III colon cancer patients and assesses the effect of their use in three-year survival.This retrospective cohort study was conducted using Puerto Rico Centr...
Main Authors: | Karen J Ortiz-Ortiz, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Ruth Ríos-Motta, Alejandro Veintidós-Feliú, Robert Hunter-Mellado, Carlos R Torres-Cintrón, Tonatiuh Suárez-Ramos, Priscilla Magno |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5870969?pdf=render |
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