Breast Cancer
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Cancer
Closed claim studies involving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
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Failure to properly interpret a screening mammogram
A 42-year-old patient was referred for a screening mammogram.
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Improper performance of breast biopsy
A 40-year-old woman came to a breast care center on referral from her ob-gyn
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Complications with scar treatment
A 53-year-old woman came to a dermatologist for treatment of a mastectomy scar.
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Delay in diagnosing breast cancer
A 77-year-old woman came to her family physician reporting a lump in her right breast.
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Failure to properly interpret BRCA test results
A 40-year-old woman came to her ob-gyn for a well-woman visit and requested breast cancer susceptibility gene testing.
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Failure to properly advise patient
A 37-year-old woman with a family history for breast cancer had a mammogram as part of an annual exam.
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Failure to correctly read biopsy specimen
A 50-year-old woman had a digital screening mammogram that revealed possible new calcifications.
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Failure to diagnose breast cancer
A 49-year-old African-American woman came to an internal medicine physician.
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Failure to follow up on mammogram
A 54-year-old woman reported pain in her left arm, chest, and back to her primary care physician.
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Colon Cancer
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Wrong site surgery
A 72-year-old woman came to a gastroenterologist for evaluation of right lower quadrant abdominal pain.
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Delay in diagnosing colon cancer
The patient claimed that the physician told him that the rectal bleeding was due to his diverticulosis and was not life threatening.
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Unnecessary surgery
A 61-year-old woman with a history of colon polyps was referred to General Surgeon A for a colonoscopy.
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Delay in obtaining colonoscopy
The patient was a 47-year-old woman with a history of anal cancer and surgery. She was referred to Gastroenterologist A.
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Lung Cancer
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Failure to respond to radiology report
The radiologist interpreted the study and noted an area of slightly hazy density in the left lung with nearby fibrotic changes.
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Failure to communicate and delay in diagnosing lung cancer
A 68-year-old man saw Orthopedic Surgeon A for pain in his right knee, leg, and lower back.
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Delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer
A 62-year old man came to the ED with symptoms of a stroke.
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Failure to communicate MRI results
A pain management specialist ordered an MRI of the thoracic spine. In addition to some spinal pathology, the radiologist noted a “possible 9 mm right lung nodule.”
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