Medical News Summary: Man dies of colorectal cancer after misdiagnosis

About: Man dies of colorectal cancer after misdiagnosis
Date: 20 September 2004
Source: Morning Sentinel
Author: Lynn Ascrizzi
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Morning Sentinel): A young man sought treatment for back pain and rectal bleeding. The doctor misdiagnosed him with hemorrhoids or possibly ulcerative colitis. He had made several trips to the hospital emergency room before his sudden weight loss was noticed. Tests showed colon cancer which had spread to his liver and lungs. He was at stage four of the disease and chemo gave him another 2 years before he died.
URL: http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/998973.shtml
Related Disease Topics: Hemorrhoids, Ulcerative colitis, Colon cancer
Related Symptom Topics: Back pain, rectal bleeding, weight loss

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Related Medical News Channels: This medical news summary article refers to the following medical channel categories:

• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• misdiagnosis of hemorrhoids
• misdiagnosis of ulcerative colitis
• misdiagnosis of colon cancer
• misdiagnosis of back pain
• misdiagnosis of rectal bleeding
• Misdiagnosis of weight loss
• Cancer
• misdiagnosis of cancer
• medication and cancer
• misdiagnosis and death

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