Women, African Americans, Elderly Less Likely To Receive Chemotherapy

Women, African Americans, and elderly patients with advanced colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy than other patients despite evidence that the treatment improves survival rates, according to a recent study published in JAMA.

Citation: Jessup, J.M., et al. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: Implications of Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Differentiation. JAMA. December 7, 2005;294 (21):2703-2711. Free article http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/294/21/2703