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Doctors: FBI investigating medical device suspected of spreading cancer

By CBS Philadelphia  
   May 29, 2015

It's a story Eyewitness News health reporter Stephanie Stahl first told you about: a surgical tool suspected of spreading cancer in women. Now, the FBI is reportedly investigating who knew what and when about this potentially deadly device. The question being asked: whether medical device makers, doctors and hospitals broke the law by failing to report problems linked to the device. The device, used in gynecological procedures, has been linked to several deaths and a number of injuries. The FDA has allowed it to stay on the market, but says it shouldn't be used on most women. The FBI was contacted by a couple Eyewitness News has been reporting on: Dr. Amy Reed, a cancer patient, and her husband, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm.

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