Cancer Patients Don’t Need Hope Taken From Them

Cancer Patients Don’t Need Hope Taken From Them
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Dr. Paul Chapman of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has seen the power of new cancer medicines firsthand. He recently prescribed a new therapy that shrank his patient’s tumor so fast it actually left a hole in her chest.

Cancer patients need the healing—and the hope—that such breakthrough drugs provide. Unfortunately, misguided proposals to cap drug prices could make it nearly impossible for patients to receive such lifesaving medicines.

Joseph Buccilli
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