The failure to timely diagnose cancer can have catastrophic consequences. When it comes to cancer, early diagnosis is the key to a favorable prognosis. Unfortunately, all too often, cancers are unrecognized or misdiagnosed. Breast cancers that are not timely diagnosed can become difficult, and sometimes impossible to treat. Often, such misdiagnoses are the result of a physician’s failure to conduct a proper breast exam. Other times, breast cancers are demonstrated on mammograms, but are missed by the radiologists who had examined and interpreted the films. Sometimes, clinicians can appreciate and biopsy a suspicious lump or mass, only to have the specimens misinterpreted by pathologists. The resulting delay in treatment can be life-threatening or even fatal.

If you have been diagnosed with cancer that you suspect should have been detected earlier, you should consult with an attorney who can have your records reviewed. Slade McLaughlin and Paul Lauricella have decades of experience handling medical malpractice cases such as these, and can counsel you with respect to your options.