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Radiation offers new cures, and ways to do harm.
Bogdanich W. New York Times. January 24, 2010:A1.

First in a series on medical radiation, this news feature and accompanying video investigate patient deaths and injuries following mistakes related to radiation treatment. The journalists discuss the number of radiation therapy errors in New York and reveal that state law does not require public reporting of such mistakes.

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