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- noun A particular
drug used in the treatment ofcancer .
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Examples
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A brand-name drug called Fusilev has stepped in to fill the shortages in leucovorin, the cancer drug.
Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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It contains a similar active ingredient to leucovorin, but Fusilev costs $177 a dose versus $7.41 for leucovorin, said Frederick Smith , a Chevy Chase, Md., oncologist.
Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Another company, Premium Health Services of Columbia, Md., was offering the cancer drug leucovorin for $270 a vial, more than 50 times the typical sale price, according to the congressman.
Congressman Investigates High Drug Markups Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Consider that shortages of a common cancer drug named leucovorin didn't start until the FDA approved a similar competitor that worked as well but, because it was new, was 58 times more expensive, the pair wrote.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Consider that shortages of a common cancer drug named leucovorin didn't start until the FDA approved a similar competitor that worked as well but, because it was new, was 58 times more expensive, the pair wrote.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Of the situation with Fusilev he writes, In fact, as the weeks pass, the likelihood of a permanent leucovorin shortage grows.
unknown title 2011
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Of the 140,000 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, about 80,000 are expected to rely on typical treatments such as fluorouracil or leucovorin, both currently in short supply, said Nancy Roach, a board member at the patient group Fight Colorectal Cancer.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Concomitant use of d,l-leucovorin with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV patients was associated with increased rates of treatment failure in a placebo-controlled study.
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"It's like having a revolver to your head," said Bob Dierker, a 66-year-old lawyer from Fairfax, Va., who couldn't get a vital colorectal cancer drug, leucovorin, during his treatments last year.
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Gray-market vendors offered leucovorin at a 3,170 percent mark-up, the new report showed.
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