An Ignoble Experiment: Cancer centers say US chemotherapy shortage is leading to treatment complications

2023/06/08

Cancer centers say US chemotherapy shortage is leading to treatment complications

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Jun 08, 2023

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are administered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. A growing shortage of common cancer treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying care, prominent U.S. cancer centers say. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network said Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that nearly all the centers it surveyed in late May 2023 were dealing with shortages of the chemotherapies carboplatin and cisplatin. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Cancer centers say US chemotherapy shortage is leading to treatment complications

U.S. cancer centers say a growing shortage of common treatments is forcing doctors to switch medications and delaying some care. More »

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