We represent victims and their families who have been damaged by medical error and misdiagnosis. Our firm's philosophy is to provide quality legal services while treating each client with care and respect. We help our clients decide whether it is more prudent to fight or to settle a case in order to obtain the maximum awards. We will fight for you!

The key to the successful treatment of cancer is an early diagnosis. A failure to diagnose cancer in its early stages or a delay in diagnosing cancer until after it has been present for a long period of time often results in death.

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a disturbing report citing medical mistakes as the 8th leading cause of death in the United States and ranking them above fatalities caused by automobile accidents, breast cancer and AIDS. Other medical literature estimates that as many as 30,000 diagnostic errors occur nationally every year. In response to these findings, major federal and private-sector healthcare initiatives were instituted to protect patients. Regrettably, these actions and safeguards come too late to benefit many victims.

Damages resulting from physician error happen more often and can be more extensive than many realize. While doctors' improper diagnoses are seldom intentional, their lack of intent provides little comfort to those confronted with a life-altering judgment of cancer. Misdiagnosed patients are often subjected to unnecessary, harmful, painful and expensive treatments. Untreated cancer can kill, and innocent mistakes can cause curable cancers to remain untreated and dangerous. A cancer misdiagnosis also has the potential to cause victims to develop other physical and psychological conditions that require future treatment - contributing to financial hardship and severely inhibiting the victims' ability to sustain meaningful employment.

Cancer misdiagnosis can most frequently be attributed to:

• A cancerous (or malignant) tumor is identified as non-cancerous (or benign).
• A cancerous lesion is missed in the biopsy procedure.
• Failure to refer a patient to a specialist for further testing.
• A malignant tumor is misclassified as to type or misgraded as to aggressiveness.
• Specimens are mishandled by pathology, or improperly read or interpreted.
• Failure to follow up with a patient if cancer should have been suspected.
• Failure to adequately screen for increased risk patients (age/ethnicity/family or personal history/gender).
• Failure to understand or notice the nature of a patient's complaints.

If you feel that you or a loved one has suffered because of a cancer misdiagnosis, turn to The Law Offices of Scott C. Gottlieb & Associates, LLP. Our firm works with medical and economic experts to help prepare your case. We treat each client with care and respect. We also provide assistance with other legal problems that arise during the pendency of the case. Call us at 1-800-TALK-LAW (1-800-825-5529) or contact us via our online contact form. All calls and inquiries are responded to the same day, usually within one hour. There is no case-review cost.

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