Doctors urge more production of scarce cancer drug
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A senator and three doctor groups are urging makers of a crucial cancer drug suddenly in short supply to try to step up production.
A critical shortage of methotrexate has doctors and hospitals around the country panicking because it's the key treatment for a common childhood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL.
With the drug, doctors say they can cure nearly 90 percent...
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