Medical News Summary: Mother’s chances of survival at 7% due to delayed diagnosis of cancer

About: Mother’s chances of survival at 7% due to delayed diagnosis of cancer
Date: 16 April 2004
Source: Boca Raton News
Author: Kelli Kennedy
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Boca Raton News): A mother of 3 endured a 9 month delay in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer due to doctors not reading the radiographic findings correctly. The breast cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. In the past three years she has undergone 18 surgeries, several lots of chem, radiation and injections. As a result she has gone into early menopause. She only has a 7% chance of surviving the cancer.
URL: http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&category=LOCAL%20NEWS&prid=7897
Related Disease Topics: Cancer, Breast cancer

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