{"id":1254,"date":"2016-12-27T18:05:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T18:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2016-12-27T18:05:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T18:05:45","slug":"urologist-settles-personal-injury-lawsuit-for-1-4-million-after-failing-to-diagnose-kidney-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/urologist-settles-personal-injury-lawsuit-for-1-4-million-after-failing-to-diagnose-kidney-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Urologist Settles Personal Injury Lawsuit For $1.4 Million After Failing To Diagnose Kidney Cancer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having cancer can involve a long and scary fight.\u00a0 Fortunately, thanks to advancements in medical treatments and technology, cancer patients have a greater chance now of survival than ever before.\u00a0 <strong>The timing of cancer detection, however, is still a crucial and critical factor in combating the disease<\/strong>.\u00a0 An early diagnosis, in fact, can be the difference between life and death. The earlier someone&#8217;s cancer is discovered and treated, the better the chances of them recovering. That is why it is crucial that doctors do not misdiagnose or ignore the symptoms of cancer; if they do, they may be held liable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w-KfNEV4EVE&amp;t=1s\">medical malpractice <\/a>resulting from their negligence.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pBaFaQNAdHY\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was the unfortunate position one Massachusetts man found himself after his cancerous kidney mass was repeatedly not properly diagnosed. \u00a0The man underwent a routine CT scan in preparation for colon surgery when technicians noticed a mass in his right kidney.\u00a0 The man was then referred to a urologist who ordered an additional CT scan.\u00a0 The mass was again shown, but the urologist was not convinced that it was malignant.\u00a0 The doctor ordered an MRI, and concluded that the man should wait for a \u201clong-term interval follow-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instead of scheduling a surgery, the urologist chose an \u201cactive surveillance\u201d of the man\u2019s kidneys and had him come in for a CT scan every six months.<\/strong>\u00a0 The patient and his wife asked the urologist to perform a biopsy, but he refused citing a concern that it could do more harm than good. Eighteen months later, the man was diagnosed with a widely metastatic renal cell carcinoma and died three weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s widow filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit against the urologist and the hospital.\u00a0 Her attorneys, Patrick Jones and Donna Corcoran, argued that the urologist breached his duty of care by failing to properly diagnose the man\u2019s cancer and that his refusal to perform a biopsy was in direct contradiction with modern medicine and appropriate and proper procedures.\u00a0 <strong>The widow ultimately agreed to settle her lawsuit for $1.4 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you or a family member been <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-medical-malpractice-lawyers-attorneys.php\">injured due to medical malpractice<\/a>? If so, our <a href=\"http:\/\/bostonmassachusettsmedicalmalpracticelawyer.com\/\">Boston medical malpractice attorneys<\/a> will make sure that you receive the money damages that you justly deserve.\u00a0 <strong>Our team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mgyIoDq0TDc&amp;t=4s\">Boston injury lawyer<\/a> specialists have spent decades serving our Massachusetts personal injury clients.\u00a0<\/strong> Please call us at 617-787-3700, 24\/7, or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a> today for your free and confidential consultation.\u00a0 Your needs are our top priority!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having cancer can involve a long and scary fight.\u00a0 Fortunately, thanks to advancements in medical treatments and technology, cancer patients have a greater chance now of survival than ever before.\u00a0 The timing of cancer detection, however, is still a crucial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/urologist-settles-personal-injury-lawsuit-for-1-4-million-after-failing-to-diagnose-kidney-cancer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,16,4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}