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Georgetown University Hospital has temporarily closed a lab that performs genetic analysis for cancer after the results of flawed tests incorrectly showed that two patients did not have breast... Read more...

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Georgetown U Hospital shuts lab after flawed breast cancer tests: http://bit.ly/9auoLX via @addthis Not just in Canada? Whew!

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Georgetown Hospital Shuts Lab After Problems With Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer

medicalnewstoday.com — “Georgetown University Hospital has closed a genetics analysis laboratory that performs testing for breast cancer patients aView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Georgetown Hospital Shuts Lab After Problems With Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer - QualityPoint Technologies

qualitypointtech.net — “Georgetown University Hospital has closed a genetics analysis laboratory that performs testing for breast cancer patients after two women were falsely told they do not have an aggressive form of breast cancer known as HER2-positive, the Washington Post reports. CMS officials are investigating allegations by an employee of the lab that hospital administrators did not respond to a request to notify patients of a failed quality-control inspection and recommend that they undergo retesting...View full resource at qualitypointtech.net

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Georgetown U. Hospital closes lab after problems with breast cancer tests

washingtonpost.com — “Georgetown University Hospital has shut down a lab that performs genetic analysis for breast cancer patients and has had 249 women's tissue samples independently retested while federal health officials investigate procedures at the lab.View full resource at washingtonpost.com

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Georgetown U. Hospital closes lab after problems with breast cancer tests

washingtonpost.com — “Georgetown University Hospital has shut down a lab that performs genetic analysis for breast cancer patients and has had 249 women's tissue samples independently retested while federal health officials investigate procedures at the lab.View full resource at washingtonpost.com

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