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Medical Malpractice
Patient: “Doctor, I am spotting blood in my stool.” Physician: “It is probalby nothing. You in all likelihood just have hemorrhoids.” Tragically, some time subsequently this individual learns that the bleeding was really the result of a cancerous tu...
Author: J. Hernandez
Why Ignoring Symptoms Of Colon Cancer Might Result in A Medical Malpractice Claim
24th September 2010Patient: “Doctor, I am spotting blood in my stool.” Physician: “It is probalby nothing. You in all likelihood just have hemorrhoids.” Tragically, some time subsequently this individual learns that the bleeding was really the result of a cancerous tu...
Author: J. Hernandez
Legal
Men and women with a family background of colon cancer as well as people with symptoms are at higher risk of getting colon cancer. The main procedure used by doctors to check for colon cancer when an inidividual has a family history or reports a symptom, ...
Author: J. Hernandez
Colon Cancer Kills Woman After Doctor Missed It During Three Colonoscopies
09th July 2010Men and women with a family background of colon cancer as well as people with symptoms are at higher risk of getting colon cancer. The main procedure used by doctors to check for colon cancer when an inidividual has a family history or reports a symptom, ...
Author: J. Hernandez
Medical Malpractice
Statistically less than one percent people diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than thirty-five. Yet, given the deadly nature of the disease doctors typically concur that rectal bleeding, even in an individual under thirty-five, should be investigated...
Author: J. Hernandez
Jury Awards $2,500,000 To Husband And Daughter Of Woman Who Died Of Metastatic Colon Cancer
07th July 2010Statistically less than one percent people diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than thirty-five. Yet, given the deadly nature of the disease doctors typically concur that rectal bleeding, even in an individual under thirty-five, should be investigated...
Author: J. Hernandez
Medical Malpractice
Colon cancer is the second leading reason for deaths due to cancer. Each year, around forty eight thousand individuals will die as a result of colon cancer. A large number of these deaths would be prevented with early detection and treatment through routi...
Author: J. Hernandez
When A Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer Metastasis May Lead to A Malpractice Lawsuit
24th June 2010Colon cancer is the second leading reason for deaths due to cancer. Each year, around forty eight thousand individuals will die as a result of colon cancer. A large number of these deaths would be prevented with early detection and treatment through routi...
Author: J. Hernandez
Medical Malpractice
Colon cancers on occasion bleed. In certain cases, the blood may show up in the stool. IN those circumstances in which the cancer is near the rectum, the blood may even surface as bright red. Regardless of whether the blood cannot be seen, the bleeding ma...
Author: J. Hernandez
Person Learns He Has Advanced Colon Cancer Even Though His Doctor Knew Of Symptoms For Years
23rd June 2010Colon cancers on occasion bleed. In certain cases, the blood may show up in the stool. IN those circumstances in which the cancer is near the rectum, the blood may even surface as bright red. Regardless of whether the blood cannot be seen, the bleeding ma...
Author: J. Hernandez
Medical Malpractice
Consider the following conversation: Patient: "Doctor, I notice blood in my stool." Physician: "There is nothing to worry about and you most likely simply have hemorrhoids." Tragically, some time subsequently this person learns that the bleeding was ...
Author: J. Hernandez
Patient May Have A Medical Malpractice Claim As A Result Of Physician's Failure To Diagnose Colon Ca
18th June 2010Consider the following conversation: Patient: "Doctor, I notice blood in my stool." Physician: "There is nothing to worry about and you most likely simply have hemorrhoids." Tragically, some time subsequently this person learns that the bleeding was ...
Author: J. Hernandez