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California Appellate Court Upholds Plaintiff’s Verdict In Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

March 2, 2015

In its decision rendered on January 29, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, District One, State of California, upheld a verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs in a case involving the misdiagnosis of breast cancer in a woman who had an extensive family history of b[...]

Medical Malpractice Claim In UK For Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosed 30 Times

October 13, 2012

A 33-year-old mother of four minor children died from cervical cancer in July, 2012 after her doctors and other medical providers in England failed on 30 occasions to diagnose her cervical cancer. The woman’s ordeal began in 2010 when pre-cancerous cells were removed from her cervix. In Ja[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

July 9, 2012

In February, 2003, a woman’s physician ordered a chest x-ray for the woman in preparation for her back surgery. The physician received the x-ray report from the radiologist that noted a mass on the woman’s right lung but the physician never advised his patient about the finding or order[...]

Melanoma Rates For Young People Are Rising Rapidly

April 3, 2012

Cutaneous melanoma is the most serious and deadly form of skin cancer. Melanoma ranks as the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh most common cancer in women. However, among young adults (18 to 39), melanoma is the second most common invasive cancer (breast cancer is number one). While[...]

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[...]

News Regarding Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Treatment

July 23, 2011

For early stage prostate cancer in men with intermediate risk, a large clinical trial has found that combining short term hormone therapy with radiation therapy was more effective than radiation alone. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found only in men that surrounds the urethra. The prostate�[...]

Breast Cancer Treatment

July 2, 2011

Once breast cancer is diagnosed, the decisions regarding how the oncologist (cancer doctor) and patient agree on the treatment for the cancer depends on the kind of breast cancer and the extent (spread) of the cancer. Traditional treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biologi[...]

Recent Cancer Statistics

June 20, 2011

The American Cancer Society has issued its recent annual report regarding cancer death rates in the United States. It is projected for the year 2011 that there will be 1,596,670 new cases of cancers diagnosed with 571,950 cancer deaths. Improvements in cancer prevention, earlier detection, and bett[...]

Cancer Death Rates Falling

May 10, 2011

According to a recent report, cancer death rates began to decline in the early 1990s and have continued to do so. Cancer death rates declined an average of 1.6% a year between 2003 and 2007, and the overall incidence rates of cancer have declined about 1%. However, death rates for cancer among men [...]

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