Facing Bladder Cancer During Chemo Drug Shortages

Bladder Cancer Matters

English - July 06, 2023 14:38 - 21 minutes - 50.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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In an important and timely podcast, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Goya Iyer, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he is section head for urothelial cancer. They discuss the disturbing shortage of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs for bladder cancer patients, most commonly cisplatin and carboplatin.

They cover:

- Why these drugs are in short supply
- Short and long-term solutions for the shortages
- When the shortages began
- How they impact patients who have muscle invasive bladder cancer
- What options bladder cancer patients have

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