...as drug shortages threatens lives of US cancer patients A Milwaukee football coach has become the latest victim of the devastating drug shortage crisis threatening the lives of patients with diabetes, cancer and deadly infections.
Jeff Bolle, 60, a high school counselor and football coach, succumbed to bile duct cancer last December after doctors ran out of his vital chemotherapy drug, cisplatin.
Bolle had surgery and four rounds of chemotherapy to remove a grapefruit-sized tumor in his bile duct next to his liver.
Doctors said he needed two more to kill all remaining cancer cells - but Mr Bolle was told the cancer center where he was treated did not have the drug.
Instead, he languished for months without cancer-slowing medication.
Poster Comment:
True: Drugs in US come from Asia and are in short supply. False: Chemo cures cancer.