<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4f397cf2-8e3c-4f77-ad7e-eb53a13a302c/FC5EE932-2F67-4E19-ABBA-14DE8859CFB1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><P class="date">June 30, 2009, <SPAN class="timestamp"> 1:35 PM</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><P>PHILADELPHIA — The radiation oncologist whom regulators accuse of mishandling scores of radioactive seed implants at the Philadelphia veterans’ hospital told a Congressional panel on Monday that while he “could have done better” with some implants, his patients over all received effective treatment for their <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Prostate Cancer." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/prostate-cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">prostate cancer</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><P>“I did not believe our procedures were botched,” said the physician, Dr. Gary D. Kao, who no longer treats patients at the veterans’ hospital or its affiliated hospital run by the <A title="More articles about University of Pennsylvania" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/university_of_pennsylvania/index.html?inline=nyt-org">University of Pennsylvania</A>. “I’ve always acted in the best interest of the patients.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/F465E7A8-21D1-45E9-AA87-CBEF606D1C6F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/7AFB5F4E-8103-4ECB-B53C-9C0E9C5A257E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/health/30veterans.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper#"><P>The Times <A title="Times article" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/health/21radiation.html?_r=1">reported</A> last week that investigators for the <A title="More articles about Nuclear Regulatory Commission" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/nuclear_regulatory_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Nuclear Regulatory Commission</A> and V.A. officials had identified Dr. Kao as the doctor who did all but a handful of what they said were 92 substandard seed implants out of 116 cases over more than six years. 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