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World Service,13 Apr 2000,24 mins

Dr Bezwoda's false Hope for breast cancer Patients

Science Friction

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Report on the fall of Dr Werner Bezwoda, who was fired by Witwatersrand University in South Africa for "commiting scientific misconduct after he misrepresented results of a clinical trial for breast cancer treatment" and also for breaches of ethics protocols.

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