Male’s Prostate Cancer Detection Is Delayed By Three Years
In the event that you believe you might be a victim of advanced cancer due to medical malpractice confer without delay with a cancer lawyer for advanced prostate cancer and various forms of cancers such as stage 4 breast cancer, stage 4 colon cancer and stage 4 cervical cancer. In what follows, we study the report of a lawsuit which alleged a delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer. The malpractice claim was based on the allegation of a delay of from one and three years in detecting the man’s cancer.
In the course of this time, the man’s family physician had at various times noted 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). Yet, the physician had not told the man that there were abnormal prostate cancer screening test results that were suspicious for cancer, had not sent the man to a specialist, and had not ordered any diagnostic testing (such as a biopsy) to figure out whether the abnormal test results were due to cancer or to a benign reason. It was not until the third year after the initial finding that the man’s doctor finally referred him to a Urologist (who diagnosed the cancer) after a PSA of 6.8. By the time of the diagnosis, it turned out\ the man had advanced prostate cancer that had spread outside the gland. The man went forward with a case against his family doctor for the delayed diagnosis of the cancer.The law firm that represented the plaintiff revealed that a settlement was achieved with the physician. The reported sum of the settlement was $500,000.
The above is not meant as medical advice. It is also not legal advice. the preceeding is only meant to be common information. If you have any health issues consult with a physician without delay.
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