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Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm

BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal in County Durham and hears from women told their mastectomies were unnecessary.

BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal in County Durham. Women describe feeling 'mutilated' after discovering mastectomies they were told they needed were in fact unnecessary. As hundreds of cases of patient harm emerge, Sharon challenges the new hospital boss: why were women subjected to life-changing surgery they did not need, and were warnings ignored?

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29 minutes

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Today19:30

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RoleContributor
ReporterSharon Barbour
ProducerVictoria Archer
EditorSallie George

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  • Today19:30