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Failure to Diagnose or a Misdiagnosis of Cancer: The Basics

Posted on Feb. 15 2013 in Medical Malpractice Cases

Currently cancer afflicts a massive segment of the American population. The American Cancer Society Correct treatment is crucial to lowering these numbers and ensuring that you aren’t one of the unlucky ones who succumb to this debilitating disease. Cancer is tricky,and once it metastasizes (spreads from its original point of origin), it can be much harder to treat. As most of us know, when and how the cancer is diagnosed plays heavily into chances of survival, and discovering that you have suffered from a misdiagnosis can be devastating. Most Common Cancer Misdiagnosis Unfortunately, misdiagnoses or failure to diagnose can occur in almost every cancer case, among them: breast cancer lung
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