Standards-of-service-provision-bowel-cancer-patients-dec13

Most guidelines do not recommend routine chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer. There is a strong evidence base for the underutilisation of chemotherapy for bowel cancer patients with comorbidities. This is particularly important for Māori with bowel cancer, who are more likely to have comorbidities than non-Māori (Hill et al 2010a). ................
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