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Maryland Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawyer
The legal experts at Belsky, Weinberg and Horowitz have had much success handling medical malpractice cases in Baltimore and throughout Maryland. Our firm has successfully handled medical malpractice cases such as Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy, Surgical Errors, Brachial Plexus and Cancer Misdiagnosis. If you have questions, please contact our legal team by filling out our contact form or calling us toll free 800-895-5333.
What is Cancer?
Cancer is caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells. Typically these cells clump together and form tumors, they may be dispersed into the blood stream, or into the lymphatic system. As technology advances the diagnosis of cancer has improved and treatments for cancer have also improved significantly. With advanced detection methods and treatments survival rates for cancer has dramatically increased. However cancer is the 2nd top cause of death in the USA. Misdiagnosis of cancer is not common because physical and health care professionals usually will perform comprehensive diagnostic testing if cancer is even a possibility.
Types of cancer
Benign Tumor - Non-cancerous tumor
Malignant - Cancerous tumors
Metastatic - Spreading of cancer beyond its initial site to lymph nodes and other body areas.
Cancer type by type of tumor
- Sarcoma
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Myeloma
- Melanoma
- Adenoma
Cancer type by common locations:
- Lung cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Colon cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Brain cancer
- Throat cancer
- Oral cancer
- Liver cancer
- Bone cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
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Common causes of cancer misdiagnosis:
- A malignant tumor is misdiagnosed as benign
- Cancerous lesions is missed
- Failure to refer a patient to specialist
- Specimens are mishandled
- Hospital or physician error
- Failure to follow up with patient
- Failure to screen for increased risk patients
- Failure to notice warning signs or symptoms
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women, affecting 10% of women. Misdiagnosing breast cancer can cause devastating effects to the patient and their loved ones. Early detection is extremely important in the battle of fighting cancer.
Misdiagnosis of cancer is extremely hard on the patient. Treatments that may have been less severe are now more aggressive, harmful and more expensive. These types of mistakes are life threatening. Everyone makes mistakes but what happens when a mistake is made due to negligence? That is when our attorneys come in and fight for your rights.
What makes a doctor negligent?
This is a question that requires an expert that knows the ins and outs of diagnosis and medical malpractice. The average person would not know if a doctor truly was negligent or had no way of knowing. If you think you or someone you care about has been a victim of medical malpractice, contact our law office for a free case evaluation and learn how we may be able to help your family.
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