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Section A: Overview of patients participating in the survey

Overview of Patients
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Another perspective
Anonymous, computer-generated comments from attendees at the Houston Colorectal Cancer Patient Meeting
Section A: Overview of patients participating in the survey
Section B: The initial diagnosis, consultation with a medical oncologist
Section C: Risks and benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy
Section D: Clinical trial participation
Section E: Recovery from chemotherapy, prevention of a second colorectal cancer
Section F: Patient grading of physicians and educational needs for patients
Section G: Bibliography

Comment: The patients in this survey have received extensive anticancer therapy. Almost all have undergone surgery, and many have received radiation therapy and systemic treatment including chemotherapy and biologic agents. Demographically, there is considerable diversity in the age and life circumstances of the participants. Conversely, the survey population was 95 percent Caucasian. This initial effort clearly provides input from only part of the population of patients with colorectal cancer, and future phases of this initiative will attempt to gather perspectives from patients with a greater diversity of backgrounds.




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