Any disease needs treatment. What if you have a cancer and instead of going through the journey of recovery, you realized that it’s only getting worse due to medical negligence? You are not just physically injured, but also emotionally and financially affected by such malpractice. Is there a Medical Negligence Compensation for Cancer? Yes, you can bring a claim for it.
Common Diagnosis Problem
Advancement in medical technology paves the way to cure and treat different types of cancer. Early detection, diagnosis and treatment are key factors in the successful treatment of cancer.
Some of the common diagnosis problems encountered by patients include: failure in recommending a patient to a consultant or facilitating tests to further investigate the problem, a delay in arranging for biopsy after a physical examination reveals an abnormality, and failure in recommending appropriate treatments.
Medical Negligence Compensation for Different Types of Cancer
Compensation can be claimed for the following types of cancer:
• Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK. There is a significant increase in the number of skin cancer cases in the UK for the past years. The 2 forms of skin cancer are melanoma and non-melanoma. Melanoma is considered as the most dangerous form of skin cancer; that’s why changes in moles should be examined immediately. Non-melanoma skin cancer affects cells within the top layer of the skin which rarely spread and grows slowly.
• Bone Cancer
Diagnosis and quick treatment of bone cancer plays an important role in the treatment of bone cancer. Misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, delayed to diagnose and lack of appropriate testing falls under medical negligence.
• Breast Cancer
This is the most common type of cancer amongst women, and can also arise in men. Failure to diagnose breast cancer and misdiagnosis of breast cancer are the most common causes of medical negligence.
• Cervical Cancer
A claim can be made if there is a misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, failure in providing treatment or failure in providing important tests.
• Lung Cancer
Negligence like misdiagnosis of lung cancer and failure to diagnose lung cancer entitles you to bring a claim.
