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- Doctor Lets Patient Believe He Had Been Fully Screened For Prostate Cancer By:-J. Hernandez
Men have a one in six lifetime risk of having prostate cancer. If found and treated while in the early stages prostate cancer has an approximately 97% 5-year survival rate. When not discovered until it has spread, there is as of the time this article was written no known cure. This article reviews the issue of medical malpractice resulting from a delayed diagnosis by reviewing a documented settlement in a malpractice matter which claimed that a delay in diagnosis by his physician was responsible for the metastasis of the plaintiff's prostate cancer.
- Patient Learns He Has Metastatic Prostate Cancer After Physician Fails to Order Follow Up Biopsy By:-J. Hernandez
Visualize telling your physicians about symptoms that might be due to prostate cancer for 5 years; your doctors observe your symptoms and record abnormal screening test outcomes during that time; still your doctors failed to redo a biopsy following the first year. Now imagine learning that currently you have metastatic prostate cancer. Just this type of situation and the resulting wrongful death case are examined in this article.
- Doctor Delays Detection Of Man's Prostate Cancer By Three Years By:-J. Hernandez
The majority of people when they think they might have a medical malpractice case against a doctor for the delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer normally consider solely one issue: their doctor committed malpractice. Yet when lawyers evaluate a potential claim they also take the nature and extent of the harm to the individual into account. This article analyzes one lawsuit in which a physician's not telling a patient about abnormal test results delayed a male patient's diagnosis and that led to a medical malpractice case.
- Doctor And Man Resolve Prostate Cancer Medical Malpractice Case For $500,000 By:-J. Hernandez
This article examines a medical malpractice lawsuit which claimed that by failing to take appropriate action after tests pointed out that a male patient might have prostate cancer, the physician held up by several years the man's diagnosis until the cancer had metastasized. By that point surviving the cancer was no longer a possibility. The law firm that represented the manhandled the case documented that it was able to reach a settlement in the amount of $500.000 on behalf of the man.
- Watchful Waiting After Abnormal Results May Result in Metastatic Prostate Cancer By:-J. Hernandez
The statistics reveal that over 30,000 men will lose their lives to of advanced prostate cancer. How many of these men would survive had their physician advised the patient to undergo appropriate screening tests or did not recommend "watchful waiting" after abnormal prostate cancer screening tests indicated he might have cancer. This article examines this type of situation.
- Balding By:-leon tran
Balding is common among men but there are different causes of this. Baldness can be prevented and there are many treatment available in the market.
- What Can Men Do for Slight (& Full-size) Leaks? By:-Tammy Chamberlain
Would it astound you to learn that men ,now and again, drip? They generally won't admit there's an issue, as they feel emasculated. The loved ones in their lives frequently find out when throwing the dirty laundry into the washer. So, how do we approach them, to discuss the issue?
- How A Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Might Follow A Physician's Delay In Finding Prostate Cancer By:-J. Hernandez
Doctors usually employ 2 tests to screen males for prostate cancer - the digital examination of the prostate and the PSA blood test. Not following up places the patient in danger of the spread of the cancer. This article reviews how a patient may be able to pursue a medical malpractice lawsuit should a physician tests a patient for cancer yet does not notify the patient or follow up whenthe test results reveal the possibility of cancer.
- Illustrations Of Claims Of Late Stage Cancer Of The Prostate Diagnosis By:-J. Hernandez
None of us expect to find out that we or one of our family members have prostate cancer. It is stressful enough to get that diagnosis. It is considerably worse when the cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body and a cure is no longer possible. However to likewise find out that a doctor had information a year or more before the diagnosis that could have resulted in early detection of the cancer. By not following up on that information the doctor effectively removed the possibility of a cure and when that happens the physician may be liable for medical malpractice and possibly a wrongful death claim.
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