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Cancer Statistics For The United States (2013 – 2018)

August 11, 2021

An article published on July 8, 2021 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute entitled “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, Part 1: National Cancer Statistics” reported: “Cancer death rates in the United States continue to decline overall and for many cancer[...]

$820K Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Late Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer

November 30, 2018

On November 20, 2018, a Montgomery County, Maryland medical malpractice jury returned a $819,437 medical malpractice verdict in favor of the plaintiff following more than three weeks of trial and three hours of jury deliberations. The Maryland medical malpractice plaintiff alleged that the defendant[...]

Georgia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Delayed Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

September 3, 2017

A Georgia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that on December 16, 2013 she had a chest x-ray taken as part of her clearance for surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm and that the radiologist who read the chest x-ray identified a 7 mm nodule on her left lung for which he recommende[...]

$3M Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

November 30, 2015

On November 13, 2015, a Jefferson County, Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million for past and future noneconomic damages in favor of a woman whose lung cancer went undiagnosed for four years due to alleged medical negligence by two physicians who were [...]

Ohio Cancer Misdiagnosis Case Alleges MRI Of Wrong Knee

August 5, 2014

An Ohio woman filed a medical malpractice case during July 2014 in which she alleges that the negligence of two treating physicians in failing to timely diagnose a cancerous tumor in her left knee for a period of seven months in 2010 led to her chances of survival decreasing from 70% (when[...]

Delay In Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer May Be Medical Malpractice

December 4, 2011

There are approximately 30,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States every year, resulting in about 9,000 deaths. The main risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco use and alcohol consumption — the greater the use, the higher the risk. Tobacco and alcohol use are associated with ab[...]

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