Articles, tagged with "mammograms", page 1

Legal

2 Physicians Misread Mammograms And Fail to Detect Woman’s Cancer Before It Spreads

30th November 2010
The mammogram is an important tool available to physicians to diagnose a woman's breast cancer while it is the early stages, thus saving the lives of these patients. Still, the mammogram is merely as reliable as the doctor who interprets it. If a mistake ...
Author: J. Hernandez

Legal

Errors The Failure To Diagnose Your Breast Cancer Prior To Metastasis May Constitute Medical Malprac

17th November 2010
Situations regarding the delayed detection of breast cancer typically involve 1 or 2 medical mistakes - failing to do diagnostic tests to rule out cancer when a lump is felt in the breast and misreading a mammogram. Should a physician make one of these mi...
Author: J. Hernandez

Medical Malpractice

Jury Finds Physicians Liable For Malpractice By Misreading Mammograms And Gives Patient $12 Million

09th July 2010
The mammogram is an important tool available to physicians to diagnose a female patient's breast cancer when it is still in the early stages, and in so doing saving the lives of these women. However the mammogram is only as effective as the doctor who int...
Author: J. Hernandez