Chemotherapy Overdose Kills Edmonton Woman

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"This is one of our worst nightmares," [Tony Fields] told a news conference. "This was a young woman in her 40s. A wife, a sister, a mother."

"Her cancer was advanced, but it was not beyond cure," said Fields, the cancer board's vice-president of medical affairs and community oncology. "She was being treated with the expectation of a cure."

"We will be looking at every step in this process, including whether there is a safer pump," said Fields. "We hope to maintain the bond with our patients."

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Chemotherapy Overdose Kills Edmonton Woman

By Jim Macdonald

EDMONTON -- An official with the Alberta Cancer Board apologized yesterday to the family of a cancer patient who died after ge...

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