CANCER COMPENSATION CLAIMS

One of the most frequent types of case dealt with by medical negligence lawyers are cancer compensation claims. It is possible to effectively prevent or treat some types of this illness through early detection and quality of life, survival chances and life expectancy may be dramatically improved. Early diagnosis is usually paramount to successful treatment and if a health care professional has failed to diagnose the illness at an early stage then damages may be payable as a result of worsening of the illness.

Clinical negligence is used to describe any treatment, lack of treatment, or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or safety on the part of a health care provider which causes harm to a patient. Many different mistakes can lead to a delay in diagnosis which may deprive patients of the chance for a cure and these may include:

• Failing to perform an examination which would have identified an obvious tumour
• Failure to identify an obvious lump during examination
• Failure to arrange mammogram, pap smear, x-rays, ultrasound, CT scan or MRI scan
• Failure to properly evaluate biopsy or test results
• Mistaking a tumour for an infection or diagnosing the tumour as benign
• Failure to follow up on test results
• Failure to order future tests
• Failure to follow up with the patient
• Disregarding history of sharp pains or discharge
• Failure to recognize common symptoms
• Failure to test when a patient exhibits indicative symptoms
• Failure to have a biopsy performed when the physical examination results are abnormal
• Misinterpreting scans or laboratory results
• Failure to react quickly to findings
• Failure to recommend appropriate treatment options
• Failing to monitor patients with a family history of cancer
• Ignoring blood test, scan or biopsy results
• Losing records

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