Accidental exposure of pregnant patients to ionizing radiation during radiation therapy planning and treatment in British Columbia cancer centers

This project was an interdisciplinary study of a specific medical error - inadvertent radiation therapy (RT) in the treatment of female cancer patients during early pregnancy in British Columbia. RT is very damaging to the fetus during the first trimester of pregnancy and this is a very undesirable...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goddard, Karen Jane
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43313