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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[...]

$3M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Pulmonologist For Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer

February 9, 2018

On January 22, 2018, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant pulmonologist in an Alabama medical malpractice case that alleged that the defendant negligently failed to diagnose a man’s lung cancer, which killed him after it was diagnosed too late. The Ala[...]

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[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Deadly Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis

December 24, 2011

In August, 2003, a 25-year-old Tennessee woman was examined by her OB/GYN who found a pea-sized lump in her left breast that the OB/GYN advised the woman was probably a cyst or fatty deposit. No further investigation or testing was done at that time. About eighteen months later, during the woman[...]

Nevada Medical Malpractice Verdict For Cancer Death of 27-Year-Old Mother

December 15, 2011

In one of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts in Nevada during 2009, a young mother who had been complaining to her doctor for seven months that she had blood in her stools and abdominal pain beginning in 2004, died a painful death from colon and rectal cancer because her doctor misdiag[...]

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[...]

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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