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Generic platinum chemotherapy shortages did not increase deaths

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Generic platinum chemotherapy shortages did not increase deaths.

Short-term mortality was not impacted for patients with advanced cancers during the shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin that began in early 2023 .

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine analyzed data from 11,797 adults across the U.S. with advanced solid cancers for which platinum chemotherapy is recommended as the first line of therapy.

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