Charlotte Failure to Diagnose/Misdiagnosis of Cancer Lawyer

When North Carolina Doctors Misdiagnose Cancer

Even experienced, board-certified doctors make mistakes or cut corners. Sometimes, they do not run the right tests for cancer. Other times, they run the right tests but fail to review the tests correctly. When their failure leads to a terrible outcome for cancer patients and their families, they must be held accountable.

The legal team at DeVore Acton & Stafford, PA, focuses their practice on serving North Carolina medical malpractice victims. Lead attorney Troy Stafford has practiced law for more than 15 years. His medical malpractice experience and in-depth knowledge of misdiagnosis errors helps him find answers for clients suffering as the result of failure to diagnose or the misdiagnosis of cancer.

Common Errors in Cancer Diagnosis/Detection

Misdiagnosis often happens because a family doctor or emergency room physician did not link a patient's symptoms to cancer. The symptoms a patient gives during an office visit are critical to a doctor's diagnosis and may lead to misdiagnosis of cancer.

If doctors request the proper testing from a radiologist, the radiologist may commit medical malpractice by not reading the entire film. If they find a solution to your symptoms in something else on the film (such as moisture build up), they may stop there and miss a calcification/tumor. This is malpractice. Radiologists must identify any and all abnormalities on an x-ray film.

Do You Have A Medical Malpractice Case?

In cancer cases, early detection is the only real cure. However, a bad outcome does not mean that you were the victim of medical malpractice. Two things must have happened:

1. First, your doctor must have breached the medical standard of care. This means that he or she must have done something our community thinks is wrong, such as not reading a radiology film.

2. Second, your doctor's breach must have led to a worse outcome than there would have been with a proper diagnosis. If it is more likely than not that you or your loved one would be in a better position today if the doctor had detected your cancer, then you probably have a medical malpractice claim.

Usually clients have a good medical malpractice case if the failure to diagnose happened more than two years ago and treating physicians did not have time to intervene to stop the cancer from growing.

Holding Medical Doctors Accountable for Misdiagnosis of Cancer

At DeVore, Acton & Stafford, PA, we thoroughly analyze your case to determine if your doctor is liable for medical malpractice. We have working relationships with oncologist and oncologist radiologist specialists who can grade the tumor at the time of the original x-ray and determine if intervention could have saved you from major treatment or saved your loved one's life.

Contact Us

If you or a loved one is living with the consequences of failure to diagnose cancer or misdiagnosis, contact experienced medical malpractice lawyer Troy Stafford at DeVore, Acton & Stafford, PA, in Charlotte, North Carolina, by calling 704-837-0150 or toll-free at 866-600-0654. You may also complete our online contact form. Consultations are free and confidential.