BREAST CANCER SETTLEMENTS - MALPRACTICE

More than one in ten women in the USA will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during their lifetime. This illness often responds well to treatment and early detection is the key factor to higher survival rates. Treatment for this condition including chemotherapy and radiation is designed to kill living cells and early diagnosis may mean less pain and suffering, less financial hardship and a greater chance of survival. Breast cancer settlements as a result of misdiagnosis or mistreatment are more prevalent than compensation awarded for medical malpractice for any other disease. Notwithstanding negative results after a mammogram, pre-existng cancer may still go undetected for months and this particularly affects younger women whose mammary tissue is often too dense for reliable test results. Doctors may also rely too heavily on a woman's age as a predicting factor and as the condition is more often associated with older women they may not take a younger woman's complaints seriously enough.

Medical malpractice can include misdiagnosis, failure to treat, improper treatment, delay in treatment, failure to perform appropriate follow-up or prescription errors and describes any treatment, lack of treatment or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care or safety on the part of a health care provider which causes harm to a patient. Medical malpractice leading to breast cancer settlements may arise as a result of failure to :-

• identify an obvious lump during breast examination
• perform a breast examination (during a physical examination or while treating a patient for other reasons) which would have identified a clinically obvious tumor
• arrange mammogram, x-rays, ultrasound, CT scan or MRI scan
• properly identify a tumor by mistaking it for an infection or diagnosing the tumor as benign
• properly evaluate biopsy or test results
• follow up on test results
• order future tests
• order a biopsy
• follow up with the patient
• determine the cause of nipple discharge
• consider a history of sharp pain in breast
• recognize common symptoms

We are currently reviewing numerous claims for breast cancer settlements and arranging legal representation for women from all around the United States. All of our lawyers use contingency fee arrangements to represent their clients, which means that if your lawyer doesn't achieve settlement then he doesn't get paid. You will be advised at an early stage whether you have a reasonable claim and what steps you should take to protect your legal rights. If you believe that you have been the victim of medical malpractice just complete the contact form and a specialist attorney who is a member of The Association Of Trial Lawyers Of America will telephone to discuss your claim at no cost to you and without obligation.