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Clinical Negligence Law

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Cancer Diagnosis

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Endometrial Cancer

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Leukaemia

Lung Cancer

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Non Hodgkins Lymphoma

Prostate Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Skin Cancer

Thyroid Cancer

Treatments

Prostate cancer is the main cancer that affects men. The cancer cells proliferate in the prostate until all of the healthy cells are replaced with malignant cells which change the normal functions of the prostate. As with other forms of cancer, an early diagnosis gives a better prognosis since it is at this stage that the cancer is still viable and susceptible to treatment. Cancers that are detected early can often be treated successfully since the cancer cells are still localized in one area. Late diagnosed cancer is usually harder to treat because of other complications that have arisen and in addition the cancer cells may have already spread and proliferated in the body.

There are several ways of treating prostate cancer including surgically removing the growth or the whole organ to avoid the cancer cells spreading; radiotherapy; chemotherapy which uses chemicals injected intravenously to kill the cancer cells in the body but in the process, also weakens the immune system and Brach therapy. Hormone treatment may be given during the advanced stages of prostate cancer and the prostate can also undergo cryotherapy by being subject to very low temperatures.

Delays

The success of the treatment for prostate cancer depends on how fast the diagnosis is made. If a diagnosis is made in the early stages then treatment can start early thus optimising the opportunity of treating the cancer successfully. If diagnosis is late then the chances are that the cancer has already metastasised and traveled to other parts of the body thus becoming more invasive making treatment more difficult with more risk attached. Giving a late diagnosis, a false positive diagnosis or even the absence of a diagnosis has dire risks and consequences. If you feel that there was a problem in the diagnosis given to you by your physician, you should take advice from a medical negligence solicitor.

Mis-Diagnosis & False Positive

A negligent physician may give you an early diagnosis of your condition and say that you have prostate cancer when it doesn’t really exist. If this occurs then the patient will be subjected to unnecessary treatment to arrest the metastasis of the cancer cells. In these cases legal advice should be sought for a potential medical negligence claim.

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