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Article: LANDMARK GALLUP SURVEY DOCUMENTS QUIET REVOLUTION; CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS TODAY WANT MOST AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT ALONG WITH MINIMIZED SIDE EFFECTS
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- September 13, 1995
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In the largest survey of its kind, people receiving cancer chemotherapy voiced strong concerns about the medical and social impacts of the potentially life-threatening side effects of these powerful anti-cancer drugs. Reflecting a quiet revolution in cancer treatment, 80 percent of the more than 1,500 people who commented on their experiences with cancer in this national survey conducted by The Gallup Organization said they want their physicians to employ the most aggressive chemotherapy regimen tolerable -- but with minimized side effects. In addition to wanting to avoid side effects, most patients whose unwanted adverse reactions ...