Isotope shortage delays cancer tests: Ottawa hospital
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Officials at the Ottawa Hospital said Thursday that the global shortage of medical isotopes has caused them to delay some medical tests for cancer patients.
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