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Shortage Of Cancer Drugs Plagues United States
- The New York Times, Friday, June 30, 2023 8:24 PM
A shortage of low-cost generic cancer drugs is dragging on in the United States. "Oncologists are concerned that the alternatives to two crucial chemotherapy drugs are far less effective in treating certain cancers, and are sometimes more toxic," per The New York Times. "The backup therapies or lack thereof, they say, pose particularly troubling prospects for patients with ovarian, testicular, breast, lung and head and neck cancers."
