Referral to Medical Oncology: A Crucial Step in the Treatment of Older Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Referral to Medical Oncology: A Crucial Step in the Treatment of Older Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer

Published:2006-10-01 Issue:9 Volume:11 Page:1025-1033
ISSN:1083-7159
Container-title:The Oncologist
language:en
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Author:

Luo RuiLi¹²,Giordano Sharon H.³,Freeman Jean L.¹²⁴,Zhang Dong¹²⁴,Goodwin James S.¹²⁴

Affiliation:

1. a Sealy Center on Aging, Galveston, Texas, USA

2. b Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Galveston, Texas, USA

3. d Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Galveston, Texas, USA

4. c Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA

Abstract

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Identify the predictors of seeing a medical oncologist for older colon cancer patients.Discuss the association between seeing a medical oncologist and chemotherapy use in stage III colon cancer.Outline the clinical implications for colon cancer care. Access and take the CME test online and receive 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ at CME.TheOncologist.com

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Cancer Research,Oncology

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1634/theoncologist.11-9-1025

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