NEWS STORY: Dentist Who Missed Cancer Lump to be Put on Supervision Order

Posted: June 26, 2012 / Source: http://news.stv.tv

A senior dentist has been placed on a year-long supervision order after failing to report an enormous cancerous ulcer in a patient's mouth.

Dr Donald Macfarlane should have urgently referred the patient - who died months later - to a specialist but the 3cm ulcer was incorrectly diagnosed as the result of an injury.

Glasgow University, which sends dental students to Dr Macfarlane for work placements, is suspending the arrangement for the next year.

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