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Article: Pill could be new therapy for advanced colon cancer.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2004
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Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A pill with fewer side effects than chemotherapy could replace the traditional intravenous treatment used for colon cancer patients, according to an international study presented last week.
In an analysis of patients whose cancer had spread from the colon to the lymph nodes after surgery, physicians say the survival rates for those taking the pill Xeloda is "at least equivalent" to those using intravenous chemotherapy, known as the Mayo Clinic Regimen.
A second analysis found the pill "superior," said a spokesman for Roche, the Swiss drugmaker that developed Xeloda.
The study was ...