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Encourages advocacy and research to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer.
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
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The Patient Advocate Foundation's Colorectal CareLine offers a toll-free telephone hotline to offer educational resources, direct assistance with access to care issues, and financial aid for select patient needs.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN CURE WINTER 2008

Web Exclusive: Predictive Markers Match Patients to Treatment

Bittersweet Gene

Examining a patient’s tumor for predictive markers allows oncologists to know ahead of time whether the tumor is likely to respond to the therapy being considered. Even among patients with the same type of cancer, responses can vary considerably, not only in terms of the drug’s impact on the tumor, but also in terms of the severity of side effects experienced by a patient.

Read "Powers of Prediction" in CURE's Fall 2007 issue for more on predictive markers.

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