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BMJ 1994;308:147-148 (15 January)

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One in three people develop cancer some time in their lives.Treatment - surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy - curesbetween a third and a half of them. Most of the rest need someform of palliative care, commonly entailing radiotherapy orchemotherapy. When faced with the unsettling reports of overdosageof radiation in Exeter¹ and underdosage in North Staffordshire²and the severe late complications of radiotherapy alleged byRadiotherapy Action Group Exposure (RAGE, p 188)³ the publicis justifiably alarmed. Moreover, doctors who have made errorsin administering chemotherapy have faced charges of criminalnegligence.⁴ How can these problems be avoided or detected beforemany patients have been affected?

The royal colleges are responsible for ensuring the higheststandards of clinical practice, and for the past two years theFaculty of Clinical Oncology of the Royal College of Radiotherapistshas been addressing this issue. The proposed solutions includea programme . . . [Full text of this article]

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