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colon cancer medication

Posted By: kmt on 2007-03-26
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Subject: colon cancer medication

Doctor said the patient was given Avanstin and now is on s/l "full furi" (?) Erbitex or "sulfuri" (?)Erbitux.  Thanks for any help!




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colon cancer medication
Subject: colon cancer medication

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I've checked my BOS and googled, but I'm still not sure of the proper way to transcribe this. 


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Subject: MD Anderson is a cancer center so if hysterectomy is for cancer, I would go with that one.

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That's exactly how it was dictated. While all this stuff is "personal," am I missing something here?