Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims

Medical negligence claims for misdiagnosis of cancer compensation can be grouped into the following categories:

False cancer diagnosis 

An incorrect diagnosis of cancer can cause severe distress. The medical practitioner can prescribe a non-cancer patient with unnecessary cancer treatment. Alternatively, a doctor can misdiagnose cancer for a different illness. As a result, the patient does not receive the necessary, or they miss their window of opportunity for cancer treatment.

Failure to diagnose cancer

In this case, a medical practitioner fails to recognise the signs of cancer and completely fails to diagnose the patient’s cancer. This failure can lead to fatalities as the patient may not be diagnosed until the symptoms reach their peak when it may be too late to treat cancer.

Delayed diagnosis of cancer

Late cancer diagnosis claims of cancer occur when medical professionals fail to detect the patient’s cancer at the early stages. When a diagnosis of cancer is delayed, so is the treatment. This delay can lead to future complications or an untimely death.

Making a claim for cancer misdiagnosis compensation claim must be brought through the courts. However, your claim can be settled outside of court. This happens if the medical practice accepts responsibility for the misdiagnosis and they offer an adequate cancer misdiagnosis settlement. 

Cancer misdiagnosis compensation amounts will vary depending on the cancer misdiagnosis case. 

The first step in assessing whether you have a cancer medical negligence claim is to contact a medical negligence solicitor. To establish whether there is a case, they will need:

• All your medical records, including those from before the misdiagnosis, will need to be obtained before making a cancer compensation claim.
• A medical examination and subsequent report with an expert in the field is required to prove your misdiagnosis and that the medical practice you were treated by fell short of acceptable standards.