Patient’s Prostate Cancer Detection Is Delayed By 3 Years
In the event that you believe you might be a victim of advanced cancer as a result of medical malpractice consult immediately with an attorney skilled in cancer malpractice cases for advanced prostate cancer and other kinds of cancers like metastatic breast cancer, stage 4 colon cancer and advanced cervical cancer. In this article, we analyze the report of a claim which alleged a delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer. The case was based on the allegation of a lapse of time of from 1 and 3 years in finding the man’s prostate cancer.
Three years before his diagnosis the man’s PSA had only been a 2.35 (in the normal range) and yet his physician discovered a slight firmness on the left side of the prostate. The doctor did nothing then to tell the individual of this finding or to rule cancer out as the reason for the abnormal examination of the gland. Elevent months before his diagnosis the man’s doctor ordered a PSA test which came back abnorma at 4.18 yet this time he noted nothing abnormal on the physical examination of the prostate. Again, in spite of this, the doctor did nothing with the information. It was 3 years after the initial finding that the man’s physician 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 metastatic prostate cancer. The man pursued a malpractice claim against his family doctor for the delayed diagnosis of the cancer.
The physician claimed that he never received the report of the PSA test and therefore he had not known about the increase in the man’s PSA. The physician further claimed that the patient was not injured due to the delay.
The law firm that represented the patient published that a settlement was achieved with the doctor. The settlement occurred more than seven years following the person’s diagnosis and he had not suffered a return of the cancer up to that time.The reported sum of the settlement was $500,000.
The preceeding is not intended as medical advice. It is also not legal advice. The above is solely intended as general information. If you have any health concerns check with a physician right away.
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