Our Michigan medical malpractice lawyers represent cancer patients and their families in lawsuits involving the misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose cancer cases. This includes cases involving cervical cancer. Victims of this medical malpractice do have legal rights under Michigan law.
Cervical cancer forms in tissues of the cervix. It is often slow to grow and symptoms may not present themselves until relatively late stages, but the cancer can be found easily using regular Pap smears. So far in 2008, there have been over 11,000 new cervical cancer cases and over 3,000 deaths caused by cervical cancer.
Despite the great familiarity doctors must have with the increasingly common disease, misdiagnosis or mistreatment of cervical cancer is a growing cause of medical malpractice claims.
Cervical cancer responds well to early detection and treatment. Cervical cancer is now considered a preventable disease because early detection allows doctors to minimize its effects. Unfortunately, too often doctors and other medical professionals fail to order tests, misdiagnose, and fail to treat cervical cancer. Such errors can give rise to successful medical malpractice claims. Common errors include:
Failure to test using a pap smear
Failure to identify cancerous mass in cervix during cervical exams
Failure to properly interpret results of a pap smear or biopsy
Failure to classify a tumor as malignant
Failure to recommend treatment options
Failure to notify patient of test results
Failure to order future tests
Failure to recognize common symptoms
If you would like more information about your rights in a medical malpractice case, you can order our FREE book "The Ultimate Michigan Medical Malpractice Handbook". We will send it out immediately along with other important information. You can also contact our office and we will give you a free, confidential consultation. Do I have a Michigan cervical cancer case? 1-800-606-1717
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