A 59 year-old woman went in for her annual mammogram and gynecological exam a few years ago and was told her Pap smear was normal, but didn’t hear back about her mammogram. Thinking that no news was good news, she thought nothing of it.

The next year she went in, her physician asked why she hadn’t come in the year before since her files did not contain mammogram results. It turned out that her doctor had the same last name as an orthopedic surgeon at the same medical center. Her files sat on his desk for a year and showed that she had breast cancer.

The cancer had spread to her chest wall and she underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but still had to have a lumpectomy and a mastectomy. She filed a lawsuit against the medical center and was awarded an undisclosed settlement.

If you are the victim of delayed cancer diagnosis, contact the New Jersey delayed cancer diagnosis lawyers of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. at 800-346-5529 today.