Should you feel you may be a victim of advanced cancer on account of medical malpractice confer immediately with a cancer lawyer for metastatic prostate cancer and various kinds of cancers such as stage 4 colon cancer, metastatic breast cancer and stage 4 cervical cancer. Below, we examine the report of a claim involving the allegation of a delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer. The lawsuit involved the allegation of a lapse of time of from one and three years in diagnosing the man’s cancer.
In the course of this time, the man’s family doctor had at various times documented a slight firmness on the left of the prostate and a PSA of 4.18 (a virtually doubling of the man’s PSA from two years earlier). Still, the physician had not informed the patient that there were abnormal prostate cancer screening test results that raised suggested he had cancer, had not referred the man to a specialist, and had not ordered any diagnostic testing (such as a biopsy) to establish whether the abnormal test results were due to cancer or to a benign reason. It was not until the third year following the initial finding that the man’s doctor at last referred him to a Urologist (who found the cancer) after a PSA of 6.8. By the time of the diagnosis, it turned out\ the the man had prostate cancer metastasis outside the gland. The man went forward with a malpractice claim against his family physician for the delayed diagnosis of the cancer.The law firm that handled this claim published that a settlement was attained with the physician. The settlement occurred over 7 years subsequent to the patient’s diagnosis and he had not experienced a recurrence of the cancer during that time.The reported sum of the settlement was $500,000.
The material in this article is not intended to be taken as either medical or legal advice. It is solely meant to be common information. Should you have any health issues consult with a physician without delay.