STAT+: Cancer drug shortages keep disrupting patient care

This STAT+ Readout newsletter roundup highlights that cancer centers are still grappling with persistent drug shortages that are disrupting patient care. It also flags surprising failures in heart failure drugs and notes that drug industry representatives remain surprisingly entrenched in medical practice.

Separately, researchers report that platinum chemotherapy can leave lasting genetic scars in children. The item is a subscriber-only STAT+ newsletter, so the excerpt provides only a preview of these topics, and it also mentions the 25th anniversary of 9/11.