Undiagnosed Cancer
| About undiagnosed conditions: One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Cancer leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Cancer. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases. |
Medical news summaries about non-diagnosis of Cancer: The following medical news items are relevant to nondiagnosis of Cancer:
- 40 health professionals fail to diagnose brain tumor
- 60% of at risk Americans over 50 haven’t been screened for colorectal cancer.
- Cervical screening problem deemed adequate but Maori still being under diagnosed
- Doctor refuses to see man with intense pain
- Doctors apology after woman goes blind from undiagnosed tumour
- Elderly woman suffers pain of two undiagnosed broken legs for four days
- Good patient-doctor communication and awareness of colon cancer ensures greater participation in colon cancer screening programs
- Hispanic women generally receive late diagnosis and treatment of breast and cervical cancer
- Lack of follow-up on x-ray result leads to man’s death from cancer
- Male breast cancer undiagnosed
- Misdiagnosed ovarian cancer leads to poorer prognosis
- Poor women are undereducated about cancer screening
- Sarcoma’s often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed until it reaches late stages
- Smoking increases the risk of development of hereditary pancreatic cancer
- Woman dies of undiagnosed lung cancer
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