Cancer-drug shortage affects Valley hospitals

Cancer-drug shortage affects Valley hospitals

A shortage of cancer-treating drugs, particularly for children, over the last 12 to 18 months has had area hospitals scrambling to find the life-saving medicines.

Around the country, some surgeries have been canceled, and doctors have turned to alternative drugs.

Area hospitals contacted said surgeries have not been canceled or cancer treatments delayed.

But doctors say some institutions have had to cancel surgeries because of the shortage of anesthetics for children.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator.