Cancer patients deserve peace of mind when it comes to medication

Cancer patients should never have to question whether the medicine intended to help them is safe and authentic — particularly when health, and sometimes life, hangs in the balance.

By: Kathy Oubre

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 668

Last Updated: 5 days, 11 hours ago

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For more than two decades, I’ve worked with people living with cancer in Louisiana and witnessed thousands of families confront fear and uncertainty that follow a diagnosis.

Patients are thrust into a frightening “new normal” while being asked to absorb an overwhelming amount of information and place extraordinary trust in their physicians, nurses, pharmacists and the medicines that become part of their care.

Amid this uncertainty, they should never have to question whether the medicine …

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