Medical News Summary: Court order $4.2m compensation for breast cancer misdiagnosis

About: Court order $4.2m compensation for breast cancer misdiagnosis
Date: May 15 2004
Source: India New England
Author: Rimin Dutt
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by India New England): A court awarded a woman $4.2 m in compensation when two doctors misdiagnosed her breast cancer. She initially presented with a lump in her breast. Both doctors treated it as a cyst and only tested for cancer a year later by which time it was at an advanced stage. The woman is currently healthy but the cancer is expected to return eventually with fatal results.
URL: http://www.indianewengland.com/news/2004/05/15/Community/Docs-Found.Negligent.In.Cancer.Case-680546.shtml
Related Disease Topics: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast lump, Breast cyst (type of Cyst)

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