oncologist

Temporary fix helps patients around drug allergy

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 04/13/2010 - 01:15

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Having a bad reaction to penicillin as a child doesn't guarantee you're still allergic decades later.

And if the oncologist says you have to switch chemotherapies because of an allergic reaction, well, maybe not....


 

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