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92 veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in a common surgical procedure to treat prostate cancer during a 6-year period at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. The hospital team that performed the procedure botched it on 92 of 116 occasions and continued the treatment for a year even though monitoring equipment was broken

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