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Correction "Cancer Advance: Treatment combinations stall colorectal cancer colorectal cancer

Malignant tumour of the large intestine (colon) or rectum. Risk factors include age (after age 50), family history of colorectal cancer, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, benign polyps, physical inactivity, and a diet high in fat.
" (SN: 6/7/03, p. 358) states that the anticancer drug anticancer drug

see antineoplastic.

anticancer drug Chemotherapeutic, see there
 bevacizumab, also called Avastin, hadn't stopped breast and kidney cancer Kidney Cancer Definition

Kidney cancer is a disease in which the cells in certain tissues of the kidney start to grow uncontrollably and form tumors.
 in earlier trials. Although it failed in a breast cancer study reported in 2002, the drug showed some effectiveness in a 2001 kidney cancer trial.
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