Failure to Diagnose Cancers

Failure to diagnose breast cancer and other cancers is unfortunately an all too frequent medical malpractice case that the Buxner Lay Firm handles. Though cancer cannot necessarily be prevented, early detection is critical to the fight against it.

When early detection tests such as mammograms and biopsies are not properly administered or when they are simply not ordered at all, the cancer grows and increases the risk of harm to the patient. Failure to diagnose cancer may be the responsibility of the medical doctor or staff who did not act on or treat the symptoms of cancer. Or when X-ray, CT scans, MRIs, mammograms and biopsies are administered or evaluated incorrectly by laboratory technicians or medical staff.

Below are some of the most common types of cancer that physicians fail to detect and diagnose.

• Breast cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Lung cancer
• Colon cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Esophageal cancer

Partners at the Buxner Law Firm, located in St Louis, Missouri work with medical experts to determine if cancer symptoms were tested for and diagnosed in a timely manor. And if not, assess if the diagnoses delay caused a significant change to treatment options, prognosis and chance for remission.

If you think you have a medical malpractice case involving failure or delay to diagnose breast cancer or other cancer , call us at 1-877-248-8288 or, email us for a free consultation.