Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis - Medical Negligence Solicitors
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, the obvious symptom of which is a lump in the breast which may be also caused by many other conditions apart from breast cancer (breast cancer can also affect men). The fact that there are other reasons why there may be unevenness within the breast, including non malignant tumours, does however mean that breast cancer misdiagnosis, amounting to medical negligence, is not uncommon.
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis is usually carried out by the use of a detailed medical history including family history and physical examination augmented by :-
mammogram - low dose x-ray of the breast
biopsy - laboratory examination of a tissue sample
ultra sound - sound waves show an image of the breast
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Negligent Interpretation
Breast cancer misdiagnosis is not uncommon. All of the above tests depend on human interpretation of results and particularly in the case of young women whose breast tissue is dense there can be difficulties resulting in breast cancer misdiagnosis amounting to medical negligence.