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JNCCN paper: Chemo drugs from “rogue” online pharmacies could endanger leukemia patients

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Patients seeking to purchase chemotherapy drugs online face a confusing array of websites, over half of which potentially operate unsafely or illegally, finds a new study in the July 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 

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