The Effects of Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis

Breast cancer misdiagnosis happens when a doctor or health care provider does not identify, order necessary testing to follow up on breast cancer or, as is frequently the case in breast cancer malpractice cases, the radiologist misreads a mammogram.

The effects of breast cancer misdiagnosis could be serious and frequently fatal since early detection is frequently a breast cancer patient's best expectation of defeating the disease. Discovery of cancer at its later stages enhances the risk of death considerably for lots of types of cancer. The dissimilarity between Stage I and Stage IV drops survival rates by over 80%, in accordance with a number of studies.

Clearly, breast cancer survival rates are powerfully connected with early detection and treatment. Breast cancer is the second foremost cause of cancer deaths in women nowadays (after lung cancer), but early detection could discontinue the cancer in its tracks. When breast cancer is detected early and restricted to the breast the five-year survival rate approaches 100%.

How does breast cancer get misdiagnosed? It frequently begins with a radiologist misreading a mammogram. A mammogram is the first line of resistance in screening for breast cancer. Unbelievably, a mammogram has a false-negative - that is, the failure to identify a malignant cancer - rate of at least 10%. Why is this? The mammogram-reading skills of general radiologists vary extremely, in accordance with a study. In the study, 75% of radiologists detected, about, 70 percent of the breast cancers that were observable on 100 mammograms. The majority doctors are performing their job splendidly.

Unluckily there are still lots of deaths from breast cancer every year. These deaths happen where the cancer is extremely vigorous or unhappily in a number of cases where the cancer is not picked up early enough or is misdiagnosed.

When a doctor has misdiagnosed your breast cancer or hasn’t diagnosed it in a well-timed way, there is nothing more significant than looking for acceptable medical care right away. Suing a doctor is most likely the last thing on your mind. However, if that doctor was at error, he or she ought to be held responsible for their acts and you ought to be compensated.