Timely diagnosis of cancer is essential to surviving cancer. When a doctor fails to diagnose cancer, the patient’s likelihood of survival is reduced and the a patient is exposed to greater financial losses, including medical expense and loss of income. In the worse case scenario, the family suffers the loss of a loved one.

The most frequent failure is in clinical practice, where there is a lack of physical exam, such as breast exams,or failure to order appropriate tests, such as mamograms results in a delay in diagnosingbreast cancer. Additonally, the standard signs and symptoms consistent with cancer are ignored, which can be any change in a normal bodily function,a mark or lesion on the skin, changes in stamina or fatigue, weight loss and a general change in appearance.

Cancer is evaluated in stages, with stage one being benign and stage four almost always terminal. Stage two is usually manageable with stage three usually life threatening. Each stage is matched with a five year survival rate which is also matched with the type of cancer the patient is suffering. Many cancers cannot be detected until the later stages, but many more can be detected early on.

In evaluating whether there has been malpractice, it is important to know the duration of the delay in diagnosis, whether thef the diagnosis, you should consult with a malpractice lawyer as soon as possible. If you or a loved is a victim of a unnecessary delay in cancer diagnosis, you may recover economic damages such as medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages, future lost wages, medical equipment costs, home care costs, and rehabilitation costs. A plaintiff in a medical malpractice case may also recover damages for pain and suffering.

Remember, the statute of limitations for malpractice claims is short. If you believe you or a loved one has suffered from a delay in the diagnosis of cancer, you should contact a Florida Malpractice Lawyer cancer has metastasized and the specific type of cancer and the prognosis associated with the cancer when detected early.

Because cancer cases must be brought within tow years o