Lab error results in unnecessary prostate removal

Lab error results in unnecessary prostate removal

Health

Looking into a sample tissue mix-up at the Slovenia's Institute of Pathology from 2023, which led to a wrong cancer diagnosis and unnecessary prostate removal.

The country's Medical Chamber says the mix-up happened when the samples were being transferred between cassettes in the lab, CE Report quotes STA.

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