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Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer. Being diagnosed with cancer can be one of the most terrifying experiences of a person’s life. Cancer is ruthless and agonizing; and the treatments for cancer are often brutal and disfiguring. Some of the saddest medical malpractice cases we have handled involve cancers that could have been cured easily if doctors had done their jobs right—and instead were fatal because the cancer was misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all.

The last twenty years have seen some great strides in treating several forms of cancer. A cancer diagnosis no longer a death sentence if it is caught in time. Medical science and technology can provide the diagnosis of cancer and guide doctors in treatment and cure—but only if the doctor uses the tests, and only if he knows what to do with the results. When doctors fail to order necessary tests, when they ignore symptoms of cancer, and when they fail to act on test results that show cancer, this is medical malpractice.

Cancer is relentless: every minute of every day, it is growing. Every delay in a diagnosis of cancer means that a cancer cure is less possible and that cancer treatments are more painful. At Polewski & Associates, we’ve seen too many medical malpractice cases where doctors committed malpractice in failing to diagnose cancer, resulting in slow painful deaths for the patients who trusted them, and the devastation of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Nothing is more terrible or sad than watching loved ones die unnecessary and painful deaths due to medical malpractice is failing to diagnose cancer. .

A pap smear can only help diagnose cancer if read properly. MRI scans and CT scans will show cancer – but only when doctors order them. Biopsies are very effective in identifying cancer and in choosing a treatment to cure it – but are meaningless when the information never gets to either doctor or patient.

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No doctor or hospital will tell you that they are guilty of medical malpractice and that the cancer could and should have been diagnosed months or years before. Unfortunately, people who are the victims of medical malpractice in cancer misdiagnosis are already dealing with fighting the disease, and almost never contact attorneys will the skill and experience to review medical records and discover cancer misdiagnosis medical malpractice. Cases that involve the failure to diagnose cancer are intricate, and require knowledge and skill far above that of most lawyers. Many cases of cancer misdiagnosis medical malpractice are missed because the lawyer reviewing the case does not understand the medical and scientific issues, and literally does not know what to look for in medical records.

Call us for a free case evaluation if you believe that you or a loved one has suffered from medical malpractice in undiagnosed or late diagnosed cancer.

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If you or a loved one have been seriously injured by a medical mistake, contact Polewski & Associates today.

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