Dische S, Joslin C A, Miller S, Bell N L, Holmes J C
Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 1998;10(6):367-71. doi: 10.1016/s0936-6555(98)80031-9.
A number of women with breast cancer believed they were suffering injury because radiotherapy had been given negligently. In March 1995, their solicitors were permitted by the High Court, to select 10 cases in order to further a group action. In the legal exchanges which followed, the principal issues put forward by the plaintiffs went through a number of modifications until finally, in December 1997, they were abandoned. Two cases came to trial and after a hearing of 21 days, the Judge found no negligence. Clinical oncologists should be aware of the course of the litigation and consider the lessons to be learned.
一些乳腺癌患者认为，她们因放疗不当而受到了伤害。1995年3月，高等法院允许她们的律师挑选10起案件，以推进集体诉讼。在随后的法律交锋中，原告提出的主要问题经过了多次修改，直到1997年12月，这些问题最终被放弃。有两起案件进行了审理，经过21天的听证，法官认定不存在疏忽行为。临床肿瘤学家应该了解诉讼的过程，并思考从中吸取的教训。
