Additional Cancer Diagnostic Mistakes
Additionally, there are several types of diagnostic mistakes that can occur when diagnosing various types of cancer. These include:
- Misdiagnosis: This occurs when the treating physician or medical provider fails to recognize symptoms of cancer and, instead, diagnoses the patient with another illness or condition.
- Delayed Diagnosis: This occurs when the medical provider improperly or negligently delays the patient’s cancer diagnosis, typically by failing to order the appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Missed Diagnosis: When a medical provider negligently fails to ever diagnose a patient’s cancer, this is known as “missed diagnosis” or “failure to diagnose.”
- Failure to Identify Complications: This occurs when the medical provider provides an accurate diagnosis but fails to recognize various conditions that may exacerbate the illness.
- Failure to Diagnose Related and Unrelated Diseases: In some cases, a medical provider may correctly diagnose cancer but fail to diagnose related or even unrelated illnesses.
Errors in diagnosing cancer can lead to delayed treatment or, worse, no treatment at all. For patients, the implications are immense. Many suffer significant, permanent harm and life-threatening complications. Still others die as a result of medical providers’ negligence.
At ‘MAGGIO LAW, our Jackson cancer misdiagnosis attorneys believe that no one should have to suffer the consequences of a trusted healthcare provider’s negligence on their own. We fight for justice for victims of cancer misdiagnosis and their families, working to hold those responsible accountable for the harm and devastation they have caused.
