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Cohort R29b: Adjuvant Cancer Chemotherapy Study: Stomach
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Title: Cohort R29b: Adjuvant Cancer Chemotherapy Study: Stomach
Summary: A cooperative study using the resources of surgical services in 22 VA hospitals was initiated in 1957 as part of the National Cancer Institute effort to evaluate chemotherapy in cancer treatment. The purpose of the VA Surgical Adjuvant Cooperative Cancer Chemotherapy Study was to demonstrate whether chemotherapy administered at and soon after operation as an adjunct to resectional surgery can increase the cure rate for patients, or appreciably prolong their survival time.
References:
VA Adjuvant Cancer Chemotherapy Cooperative Group: Status of Adjuvant Cancer Chemotherapy. A Preliminary Report of Cooperative Studies in the Veterans Administration, 2:466-473, 1961.
VA Adjuvant Study Group: The Use of 5-Fluorodeoxyuridine (FUDR) as a Surgical Adjuvant in Carcinoma of the Stomach and Colorectum, Arch Surg 86: 926-931, 1963.
VA Adjuvant Study Group: Use of Thio-Tepa as an Adjuvant to the Surgical Management of Carcinoma of the Stomach. Cancer 18: 291-297 1965.
Keywords: stomach cancer; veterans; chemotherapy; cancer treatment
Cohort Characteristics: 1,225 records
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Exposed (n=601) |
Comparison (n=624) |
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Full name: |
51% complete |
52% complete |
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Date of Birth: |
46% complete |
46% complete |
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VA Claim Number: |
50% complete |
51% complete |
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Race: |
96% complete |
96% complete |
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White: |
73% |
76% |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:35 PM
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