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23-09-2008, 04:56 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7628216.stm
A 27-year-old-man has died from an overdose during a cancer drugs trial at the University College London Hospital.
Gary Foster, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given double the amount of chemotherapy he should have been prescribed, the hospital said. The hospital's computer system has been blamed for an error in the set-up of the trial which led to the death.
Another cancer patient who was also exposed to an overdose during the drug trial has survived.
A 27-year-old-man has died from an overdose during a cancer drugs trial at the University College London Hospital.
Gary Foster, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given double the amount of chemotherapy he should have been prescribed, the hospital said. The hospital's computer system has been blamed for an error in the set-up of the trial which led to the death.
Another cancer patient who was also exposed to an overdose during the drug trial has survived.