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General Oncology
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Enhancing Global Access to Cancer Medicines
Published 11 Jul 2022
Over the last decade we have seen emergence of increasing novel therapies like targeted therapy and immunotherapy & this has changed the natural history of disease for patients living with cancer including those with advanced disease. For those of us who practice in low resource settings these advances bring hope for future but access to cancer treatment remains challenge that needs to be addressed. It is imperative for stakeholders to increase access to cancer medicines around the world. We need to use policy frameworks, increase the usage of generics & Biosimilar for off patent drugs & explore innovative funding mechanisms for those medications still under patient protection.
