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Shortage of Drug for Children's Cancer May Have Upped Relapse Rates

Using another treatment didn't keep Hodgkin's lymphoma at bay as long, analysis finds

December 26, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Redner also sought to reassure concerned parents, and said it's important to know that "there are other excellent therapies for pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma that have not required the use of mechlorethamine."

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Learn more about how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration handles drug shortages.

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