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Public system will struggle to administer new cancer drugs

Half-filled syringe with plastic bag with white powder spilled

21 Jul 2024

Cancer doctors are welcoming the funding of 13 new cancer drugs, but say with potentially 175,000 cancer patients getting them in the first year, the system for administering them won’t cope. Read more

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