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Would it be feasible for them to overdose someone when giving radiation treatments for cancer?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Of course: This is why radiation oncology is its own unique medical specialty and persons undergoing XRT have such close tracking of their treatments as well as subsequent imaging (xray & ct) studies.

Answered 8/30/2020

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Possible: But highly unlikely. Numerous safeguards and culture of safety, but miscalculations, equipment programming mistake, not running phantom checks of multi-leaf collimators before imrt plan made headlines, pick a center with a trustworthy doctor more than a glitzy ad or emphasis on technology. People keep you safe.

Answered 10/30/2013

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