Medical News Summary: Woman with lung cancer misdiagnosed with pneumonia and bronchitis

About: Woman with lung cancer misdiagnosed with pneumonia and bronchitis
Date: 29 September 2004
Source: The Advocate
Author: Sue Sowards
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by The Advocate): A woman was diagnosed with bronchitis and pneumonia after complaining about aches in her chest. Several months later she learned that she had been misdiagnosed and she actually had a small-cell lung cancer in her right lung which had spread to a lymph node. She was given a 50% chance of survival. She was set back because of a time delay due to the misdiagnosis and a bad reaction to chemotherapy.
URL: http://www.newarkadvocate.com/news/stories/20040929/localnews/1325071.html
Related Disease Topics: Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Lung cancer
Related Symptom Topics: Aching chest

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• misdiagnosis of bronchitis
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• Medical mistake
• Wrong diagnosis

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