How big pharma payments can hurt cancer patients | Ranjana Srivastava

Before committing vulnerable patients to emptying their life savings, oncologists must provide the best possible advice

The resident tells me our next cancer patient is septic. We walk in together to find a thin woman in a half-open gown struggling to walk to the bathroom. Her short hair is pasted to her sweaty forehead, cotton wool stick to puncture marks on her arm, and her eyes are a pale hue.

“Remember me?” she sighs.

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