As reported by Reuters May 25, 2007

U.S. researchers reported that children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors.

It appears that most problems stem from the lack of a common dosing standard based on weight and age especially when chemo drugs are involved, because is no normal dose. 

“No studies have determined whether medication errors affect children on chemotherapy more than adults on chemotherapy, but studies have shown that 6% of all hospital-based medication errors occur in children” according to Dr. Marlene Miller, director of quality and safety at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. 

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