Article 6GP6Q This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save this doctor's life. Instead, it killed him

This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save this doctor's life. Instead, it killed him

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After being diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year, Dr. Anil Kapoor of Ontario was prescribed the common chemotherapy medication Fluorouracil. Three weeks later, he died from a toxic reaction to it. His brothers are on a mission to uncover who is most at risk and what the Canadian health-care system should do about it.

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