STAT+: Cancer medicines remain in short supply across the U.S., survey finds

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What happened

An ongoing shortage of cancer medications continues to force leading cancer centers around the U.S.to seek work-around strategies to treat patients and a majority also report that clinical trials…

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  • Reported by STAT and published Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:01:00 UTC.

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