Cancer Misdiagnosis
The Impact of Cancer Misdiagnosis
Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can be frightening and life-changing. But what happens when the correct diagnosis is missed or delayed? As many as 12% of the nearly 1.5 million cancer cases each year are missed by doctors. That’s an estimated 180,000 people annually. It’s no wonder there are a steady number of cancer misdiagnosis…
Read MoreCancer Misdiagnosis Case Comes to a Close
The family of Melissa Hendricks, a Texas woman who died from cancer that went undiagnosed for over a year, has been awarded $3.5 million in her wrongful death lawsuit. It is reportedly one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Denton County history. The suit alleged that in 2002, Hendricks found a small lump on…
Read MoreFailure to Diagnose Cancer Results in $24 Million Verdict
A Tennessee jury has found in favor of plaintiff Courtney Hill in her failure to diagnose lawsuit against Dr. Claudia Moise and OB/GYN Specialists P.C. of Memphis. She was awarded nearly $24 million for her medical bills, pain and suffering after her breast cancer was misdiagnosed. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Moise ignored Hill’s multiple…
Read MoreThird Time’s a Charm in Wrongful Death Suit?
The Maryland court of appeals is giving the family of Pearline Brown Rice, who died of cancer after a tumor was misdiagnosed as arthritis, a third chance to fight their wrongful death suit. The original case ended in favor of the family, awarding them over $11 million, but was overturned, and the first appeal denied. …
Read MoreFamily of Deceased Breast Cancer Victim Receives Malpractice Settlement
A jury in Virginia has awarded what is believed to be the state’s largest medical malpractice recovery, $7.5 million, to the surviving family of Eleanor Browder who died as a result of a misdiagnosis of breast cancer in the form of a delayed diagnosis. In March 2003 Browder went to see Dr. Donna Gamache after…
Read MoreWill New Study Find Cancer Cure??
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center scientists will be conducting a trial to test a new cancer treatment which has promise of eradicating cancer in humans. The treatment involves getting specific white cells from select donors and infusing the white cells into patients who have advanced forms of cancer. This new trial, approved by the…
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