Failure to Diagnose Colorectal Cancer
Powers & Santola, Upstate New York Malpractice Attorneys
Failure to diagnose colorectal cancer is the second most common malpractice claim, following failure to diagnose breast cancer.
The typical fact pattern involves a patient who presents with rectal bleeding; the health care provider, instead of having a colonoscopy or barium enema performed to definitively determine the cause of the bleeding, assumes that the cause of the bleeding is hemorrhoids and sends the patient home.
The effects of delayed diagnosis of colorectal cancer are especially harmful, since “cure” rates for colon cancer that is diagnosed in an early stage are approximately 91%.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with stage three or stage four colorectal cancer, or if a loved one died colon cancer and a delayed diagnosis played a part in allowing the disease to progress, you may be able to obtain full and fair compensation for the harm and expense that you and your family have had to bear. Please contact Powers & Santola in Albany and Syracuse, New York, to schedule a free consultation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer.
