Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Cancer Misdiagnosis Attorneys

There are innumerable forms, types and locations of cancer development in the human body that regrettably are not diagnosed until it is too late. We are aware that many cancers have a high cure rate when diagnosed in an early stage. Yet many patients who have been examined by clinical doctors or have x-rays and scans are later diagnosed with cancer in a late stage.

We utilize the best pathologists and physicians to assist us in the highly technical challenge of assessing the cancer misdiagnosis investigation. Our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania cancer misdiagnosis lawyers, with the assistance of experts, will determine if the diagnosis of the cancer should have been earlier, and if it was made earlier, what outcome would have been expected at that time.

We have investigated and pursued cases for clients that involved failure to make an earlier diagnosis of bone cancers, lung cancer, prostate cancer, primary liver cancer, gynecologic cancers of the vagina and uterine cervix, breast cancers, and others. Many tests have been devised and are recommended by organizations such as the American Cancer Society.

The delayed diagnosis in many of these cases has been attributed to a doctor or hospital care personnel who did not follow or order a test or do an investigation when presented with signs and symptoms suggesting the possibility of cancer. Others are attributable to a radiologist misinterpreting x-rays, scans or mammograms, or to laboratory personnel who are careless when evaluating tissue specimens, Pap specimens or other tests. Some situations have revealed that a test or film was interpreted or evaluated correctly and reported to the patient’s physician, but that physician never followed up or told the patient about the reported abnormality.

Unfortunately, many of the people we represent are the family of those who have died due to the spread of cancer that could have been avoided. Yet, others are living but have compromised chances for total cure or have had late stage treatment that has been damaging to organs and body systems.

If you, a friend or a family member have been diagnosed with cancer, and suspect that it could have been detected earlier, then contact our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania cancer misdiagnosis lawyers today by calling our office at (866) 826-4949.