Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said the cancer overdose radiation scandal is much higher than previously thought following the discovery of 300 new cases.
A total of 721 men suffering from prostate cancer are now known to have received excessive amounts of radiation due to a calibration error at the Epinal general hospital between 1999 and 2006. Twenty-four were seriously affected and five of these have died.
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When the scandal was first revealed earlier this year, only 421 cases were identified.
Health authorities are trying to contact the estimated 4,500 patients who were treated at the centre.
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Source: AFP
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