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| Post-mortem examination results on a girl who received radiation overdoses have made no reference to the possible effects of the error, her family said. | |
| Lisa Norris, 16, died two weeks ago at her home in Ayrshire, nine months after a dose of radiation which was 58% higher than she should have had. | Lisa Norris, 16, died two weeks ago at her home in Ayrshire, nine months after a dose of radiation which was 58% higher than she should have had. |
| An official report, which said Lisa died of brain cancer, has been met with surprise by her parents. | |
| A lawyer for her family said they would be seeking a further investigation. | A lawyer for her family said they would be seeking a further investigation. |
| They said the report put the cause of death as recurrent pinealblastoma - a brain cancer. | |
| Lisa, from Girvan, had undergone treatment at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow. | |
| However, an official report pointed to a "critical error" in her treatment, which led to her receiving 19 overdoses of radiation. | |
| In a statement issued through a solicitor, the Norris family said: "We are relieved that that post-mortem has been completed but are surprised that there is no reference on it to excessive radiation as a cause of death. | |
| "We have instructed our solicitor to take this further." | |
| Cameron Fyfe, of Ross Harper Solicitors, said he would commission a medical expert to investigate the case. | |
| Lisa died on 18 October and her funeral is due to take place in Girvan on Friday. |