ASCO: Cancer Drug Shortages Affect Patient Care

Published June 8, 2013

ASCO: Cancer drug shortages affect patient care

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(HealthDay News) — Over 90 percent of oncologists in the United States reported that shortages of cancer drugs between March and September 2012 affected patient treatment, forcing them to switch to more expensive drugs and generally compromising …
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Cancer drug shortages hit 83% of US oncologists: study

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83% of US cancer doctors say they have faced oncology drug shortages and, of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted, a new study reports. … that shortages – which have hit especially hard among drugs to treat …
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Immune-Based Drug Shows Promise Against Advanced Melanoma

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"I think nivolumab is a real breakthrough drug for patients with metastatic melanoma, and probably for other diseases, too," study author Dr. Mario Sznol, a professor of medical oncology at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., said in a news …
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