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Why cancer medicines are and continue to be vulnerable to drug shortages

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Some hospitals have reported rationing doses in response to these shortages, and the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) has issued new clinical guidance for treating patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, which are commonly treated with carboplatin and cisplatin, two chemotherapy agents currently in shortage nationwide.