A new partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ARcare aims to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties where late-stage diagnoses and cancer disparities are on the rise.
Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy significantly improves survival only in stage 3 colorectal cancer patients aged 70 or younger, according to a study conducted by researchers at Korea University Guro Hospital and Korea University College of Medicine. For patients over 70, the drug offered no survival advantage and led to higher rates of treatment discontinuation due to toxicity.
