Cancer
Failure to Diagnose Melanoma
November 13th, 2019
Some cancers are difficult to diagnose until they are advanced. The good news about melanoma is that it is not one of those cancers. The better news is that if caught early, it is easy to treat and there is a high survival rate. Unfortunately, if mel…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
Was Your Skin Cancer Misdiagnosed?
May 30th, 2018
Which would you prefer: to be incorrectly diagnosed with a serious illness and to undergo painful and unnecessary treatment, or not to be diagnosed with the serious illness you actually have, only to find out the truth too late? Neither outcome, of c…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer
October 26th, 2017
Cervical cancer is one of the few types of cancer for which women are routinely screened, even when there is no reason to expect that cancer will be found. Women who receive routine pelvic exams from their OB/GYN or primary care physician will typica…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
The Link Between Power Morcellators and Uterine Cancer
February 28th, 2017
Well over half of women will develop uterine fibroids at some point in their lives, according to data from the National Institutes of Health. These non-cancerous tumors grow in the uterine wall, as illustrated by the image here. Often they cause no s…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
Failure to Warn of Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects
February 14th, 2017
When you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first things you want to know is what your treatment options are. You may be in such distress from your diagnosis that you have only one concern: which treatment is going to be the most effec…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Radiology Mistakes in Cancer Diagnosis
December 14th, 2016
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating. Perhaps the only thing more devastating is receiving the wrong diagnosis. Radiologists play a large role in the diagnosis of most types of cancer. Radiology errors can lead to a patient’s losing a ch…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
Should My Cancer Have Been Caught Earlier?
January 26th, 2016
It’s the diagnosis no one wants to hear: cancer. Almost everyone has had a friend or family member diagnosed with some form of the disease. But when the diagnosis is yours, your head is probably swirling with questions: What’s the treatme…
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Categories: Medical Malpractice
Tags: Cancer
