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Colon cancer patients lacking follow-up care

08-Sep-2008
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Updated Mon. Sep. 8 2008 9:13 AM ET The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows. Only about 40 percent of the 4,426 older patients in the study got all the doctor visits, blood tests and the colonoscopy advised in the three years after cancer surgery, according to the results... [read full story]                    

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