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GPs’ and skin clinic’s communication failures implicated in man’s death from cancer

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Monday 13 July 2020, 05:25 PM
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A squamous cell carcinoma
A surgeon biopsied the man’s lump and confirmed the carcinoma had spread to his lymph nodes Shoddy communication between two doctors and a clinic
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