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Almost 1 in 3 people will die from cancer and for everyone given a timely and accurate diagnosis there are many more whose illness is not diagnosed until it is too late. The key to survival is swift diagnosis and treatment with some cancers responding extremely well to appropriate intervention. Failure by a doctor to properly diagnose cancer is the subject of numerous cancer medical negligence compensation claims every year. Cancer misdiagnosis or cancer late diagnosis is inevitably due to either a failure on the part of the patient for ignoring obvious signs that need investigation or more commonly due to negligence by a healthcare professional who ignores the signs and symptoms exhibited by the patient and who fails to order appropriate testing, the results of which need to be accurately interpreted. If you have suffered personal injury as a result of late diagnosis or mis-diagnosis or negligent treatment by a doctor or oncologist, our medical negligence solicitors are able to assist you. We deal with a wide range of clinical negligence compensation claims involving specialists, consultants, doctors, nurses and technicians in general practice, clinics and hospitals. There is no need for you to fund or finance your cancer medical negligence compensation claim and damages are paid in full with no deductions. Win or lose there is no financial risk.

There is simply no excuse for late diagnosis or mis-diagnosis of cancer given that a patient’s life may depend on a healthcare practitioner acting with due diligence. In addition to providing a cure, early diagnosis may also improve the quality of life of a patient even when there is no hope of recovery. Common mistakes in the diagnosis of cancer include not taking a patients complaints or symptoms seriously, not following up on obvious symptoms, erroneous test results, misreading of test results or X-rays by doctors or technicians, lost records and not referring the patient to a specialist in a timely manner.

There is also a serious problem with treatment if a positive diagnosis of cancer is made when in fact there is no cancer present. The main treatments include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation all of which are designed to kill living cells. If these treatments are carried out there can be horrific damage to a patient who did not need the erroneous treatment. This is known as a ’false positive’ diagnosis and if treatment has been unecessarily carried out, it will inevitably lead to a cancer medical negligence compensation claim. Damages in this case not only include a figure for pain and suffering, but also compensation for nervous stress and for any financial losses as a result of the patient putting their affairs in order prior to an anticipated early death.

Our specialist medical negligence solicitors are able to deal with a wide range of personal injury compensation claims involving late diagnosis or mis-diagnosis or negligent treatment of cancer. If you have been injured as a result of negligence by a healthcare professional, we can help you to preserve your legal right to compensation. We offer free consultations for advice to find out whether you have a good case, how to go about claiming and how much your compensation might be worth. We will give you clear unequivocal advice about your chances of success and the anticipated value of your claim. If after talking to us you decide not to take your medical negligence compensation claim further you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged anything at all.