Cancer woe for women after error; HEALTH.FOURTEEN women have been told they have breast cancer - after a medic had given them the all-clear. The radiologist failed to spot the killer tumours on mammogram mammogram /mam·mo·gram/ (mam´o-gram) a radiograph of the breast. mam·mo·gram n. An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography. scans. A total of 85 women had to have second examinations after the alarm was raised at Accrington Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, and 14 were then told they had breast cancer. NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service officials say it is unclear whether the delay will harm survival chances. East Lancashire NHS Trust bosses apologised and said the radiologist had not worked for them since April, nor given breast cancer screenings since December. But local Labour MP Greg Pope said: "I was horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. to hear about it. We must ensure it never happens again." |
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