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VA Hospital Botches Prostate Treatments, Report

» 21 June 2009 » In Brachytherapy, Clinical trials, Medical error, PCa Treatments, Prostate Cancer, VA » Comments Off

Today’s New York Times reports:  “A unit in Philadelphia operating with virtually no outside scrutiny botched 92 of 116 prostate cancer treatments over a span of more than six years.” Dr. Gary D. Kao, according to the report, ran a “rogue” cancer unit which covered up botched procedures in which radioactive “seeds” intended for the cancerous prostate landed in the bladder or near the rectum. Dr. Kao’s team rewrote treatment plans, according to the Times, to cover up his bad aim.

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