Cancer Misdiagnosis?
Whether You Do or Do Not Have Cancer, Our Boston Medical Malpractice Attorneys Can Help!
When a physician fails to identify cancer, it can have a long-lasting and tragic impact on a patient and his or her family. At the Boston law firm of Pollack & Flanders, LLP, we are dedicated to protecting the rights of cancer patients who received a cancer misdiagnosis or other medical negligence. We can help you recover compensation for the wrongs that a negligent physician caused, and we will fight our hardest to protect your rights.
Cancer Misdiagnosis Can Have a Devastating Impact on Cancer Patients
and Their Families
The earlier that cancer is diagnosed, the better the patient’s chances of recovery.
For this reason, physicians have a duty to find cancer at an early stage and
properly treat their patient before the cancer spreads to an untreatable level.
When a physician fails to properly treat cancer, he not only fails to follow
his duty as a doctor, but he also risks his patient’s life.
Cancer misdiagnosis is a serious problem that should be addressed immediately. Failing to diagnose a patient may have devastating effects on the health of a patient and on the emotional stability of his or her family. The reasons for cancer misdiagnosis vary from case-to-case and may include:
- Negligently identifying a benign (non-cancerous) tumor as malignant (cancerous) or identifying a malignant (cancerous) tumor as benign (non-cancerous)
- Failing to refer a patient exhibiting cancer symptoms to an oncologist for further testing
- Improperly handling, reading or interpreting test specimens
- Failing to thoroughly review a patient’s medical history and screen a patient with an increased risk of cancer
- Missing a cancerous legion during biopsy
- Classifying a tumor as the wrong subtype
- Identifying the wrong underlying condition
Helping You with Your Legal Needs, So You Can Focus on Fighting for
a Full Recovery
Cancer patients are often frightened and want to be reassured. They want to
feel cared for by their physicians, and they want their family to feel at ease
as they undergo scary biopsy procedures and painful treatments. If your physician
has misdiagnosed you, you do not deserve to suffer more from your illness. You
need a Boston
medical malpractice attorney you can count on to represent you, so you can
focus on fully recovering from your condition.
Contact a Boston medical malpractice lawyer at Pollack & Flanders, LLP, today for an initial consultation to discuss your cancer misdiagnosis. We are dedicated to helping you, and we will fight as hard as we can to protect your rights so that you can fight on recovering from cancer.