Acute care

Trust to review 3,500 cancer tests following 'misdiagnosis'

2009-06-22T09:31:00

One woman tested at the laboratories of the University Hospitals Bristol foundation trust was allegedly cleared by the screening but went on to develop terminal breast cancer. Meanwhile, others were said to have been wrongly told they did have cancer and

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Concerns that patients at a hospital trust were misdiagnosed have prompted an independent review of 3,500 cancer tests, it has been revealed.

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