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Chemotherapy drug shortage threatens leukemia treatment in children - latimes.com

A shortage of the chemotherapy drug cytarabine is threatening the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in children around the country, with some hospitals rationing supplies of the drug and others turning away new patients. Cytarabine is a key ingredient in the drug cocktails given to such children. "Without it, most patients die," Louis J. DeGennaro, chief mission officer of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, told Bloomberg News . "There's really no substitute for cytarabi

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Tags: Chemotherapy, Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Drug, Hospital, Children's Health, Hospitals