When it comes to cancer, early detection and treatment can be the key to winning the battle. When it comes to colon cancer in particular—the third most common cancer in the United States—survival rates are dramatically higher when the cancer is identified in its earliest stages. Sadly, however, many individuals with colon cancer are only diagnosed after the cancer has significantly progressed, making treatment much more difficult and expensive, and making the odds of becoming a cancer survivor much smaller.
With advances in colon cancer testing and screening, it can be easier than ever to diagnose early-stage colon cancer—if doctors and oncologists order the proper tests and interpret those tests correctly. Unfortunately, many colon cancer cases are misdiagnosed or patients receive a tragically late diagnosis because physicians failed to adhere to the proper standard of care.
When patients and families suffer as a result of such medical errors, the medical malpractice lawyers at LawMD fights to hold the negligent parties responsible and obtain compensation that can help them during this difficult and painful time.
Tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer every single year. Colon cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the large intestine (colon), the lower part of your digestive system. Early colon cancers can begin as noncancerous polyps, or abnormal growths inside the colon, that can become cancerous if they are not removed. These polyps often cause no symptoms but can be detected by appropriate screening, which will then allow doctors to find and remove the polyps. That is why doctors recommend screenings for those at high risk or those over the age of 50.
Even if colon cancer has already developed, early detection of the cancer before it has spread to other parts of the body means a much greater chance of survival and much less burdensome and difficult course of treatment.
Screening and testing is only effective if it is actually performed, the results are correctly interpreted, and the appropriate course of treatment is begun. There are a whole range of medical mistakes that doctors can make in colon cancer detection and diagnosis that can delay treatment, resulting in preventable deaths.
The mistakes can include:
Misdiagnosis in one of the most common types of medical malpractice. When medical errors, such as misdiagnosis, are made and patients and families suffer as a result, victims may be entitled to compensation in a medical malpractice lawsuit. At LawMD, our experienced medical malpractice lawyers fight tirelessly on behalf of individuals and families who have suffered due to a colon cancer misdiagnosis or late diagnosis. Using our experience, skill, and tenacity, we often get our clients the compensation they need and deserve.
Many of our colon cancer misdiagnosis attorneys are also licensed physicians, which allows us to promptly determine what happened and whether your physicians and health care providers failed to meet the appropriate standard of care. If we determine that you or a loved one has been a victim of medical malpractice, we aggressively pursue compensation that can help pay for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, loss of relationship, and funeral expenses.
If you or a loved one has suffered because of a colon cancer misdiagnosis or late diagnosis, LawMD’s medical malpractice lawyers are ready to help.
WE UNDERSTAND YOUR INJURIES, BECAUSE WE’VE LIKELY TREATED THEM.
Most of our physician-attorneys are either current or past treating doctors in, collectively, a wide range of medical specialties. There is a good chance one or more of our physician attorneys have actually treated medical conditions similar to the ones from which you or your loved one now suffers. That translates into care and understanding as your Counselors, and know-how as your Advocates.
TIME- AND COST-SAVINGS FOR YOUR CASE
Any honest medical malpractice attorney will tell you that one of the greatest expenses in a medical malpractice case is having to pay physician experts to study the details of the medical issues in your case and, if necessary, provide testimony at deposition and trial. While even our physician attorneys may also need to hire outside medical experts for your case, our medical know-how allows us to perform a significant amount of the medical analysis necessary for your case in-house which may translate into significant savings at the conclusion of your case.
RAPID RESPONSE WITH SOLID ANSWERS TO YOUR SERIOUS QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR CASE
Because we have in-house medical know-how, we can evaluate the medical questions in your case and provide answers without a lengthy wait. Our internal process involves getting the issues in your case quickly in front of the right physician attorney who, based on his or her medical experience and training, is most likely to have the answers you seek about whether you have a case and how we might help you get the compensation you deserve to help secure a brighter future for you and for your loved ones.
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