‘Less is more’ approach is changing cancer treatment for some patientsĪt the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jalal has overseen several clinical trials that have improved patients’ chances of beating their cancer. You start asking yourself, ‘why am I doing this? Should I get a new job?’ ” asked Dr. “With drug shortages, trials have become almost like an impossible task. In 2016, when Vice President Joe Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot to “accelerate the rate of progress against cancer,” cutting-edge research was supposed to become a national priority, but with a record number of cancer drugs in shortage, it’s become extremely difficult to conduct even basic research. Cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs are prescribed for 10% to 20% of all cancer patients, according to the National Cancer Institute. Two in particular - carboplatin and cisplatin - may be hurting research the most because they are used with such a wide variety of cancers. However, that number can’t account for other trials that rely on these drugs or possible trials that researchers would like to start but can’t.įor a mix of complex reasons, many cancer drugs have gone into and out of shortage for years, experts say, but at least 25 are now in shortage, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The National Cancer Institute, the federal government’s main agency for cancer research and training, told CNN that at least 174 of its 608 trials may be affected by the shortages. More than 90% of large US cancer centers report shortage of life-saving chemo drugs in new survey Instead, she's covered by Obama's law _ one of about 100,000 people with serious medical issues in a financially troubled government program. It sounds like one of the insurance horror stories President Barack Obama used to sell his health overhaul to Congress, but Veals wasn't in the clutches of a profit-driven company. Then, the substitute coverage she was offered wanted $3,125, on top of premiums. Coping with advanced cancer, Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down.
27, 2013 shows a nurse prepares to administer chemotherapy treatment to Bev Veals at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C.
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