Childhood cancer medicines lacking child-friendly formulations

Six medicines with established paediatric indications but without suitable child-friendly formulations were noted: cyclophosphamide, etoposide, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, procarbazine and temozolomide.

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World Health Organization. (2024). WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7VHCQ6Q2V01J0CQ9EKA7R3ZH1W

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World Health Organization. "WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines." 2024, https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7VHCQ6Q2V01J0CQ9EKA7R3ZH1W.

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Chicago

World Health Organization. "WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines." 2024. https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7VHCQ6Q2V01J0CQ9EKA7R3ZH1W.

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@misc{who2024childhoodr3zh1w, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {WHO advances access to quality-assured, child-friendly cancer medicines}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_7VHCQ6Q2V01J0CQ9EKA7R3ZH1W}, note = {Original source: https://www.who.int/news/item/04-09-2026-who-advances-access-to-quality-assured--child-friendly-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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