Stomach cancer is significantly more common in older people, especially in men over the age of 65.  Stomach cancer can be particularly difficult to diagnose in its early stages because the symptoms of early stomach cancer coincide with the symptoms of other conditions and diseases.  That is why it is important to know the warning signs and discuss whether you should be tested with your doctor.

Warning signs include:

• Persistent or chronic indigestion or stomach pain
• Blood in stool or vomit
• Unexplained weight loss
• Jaundice
• Difficultly eating or swallowing

Unfortunately, too often doctors and other medical professionals fail to order tests, misdiagnose, and fail to treat stomach cancer.  Such errors can give rise to successful medical malpractice claims. 

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Prostate cancer forms in the prostate, which is a gland that is part of the male reproductive system.  The prostate is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum.  Prostate cancer is significantly more common in older men, with spikes in the rate of prostate cancer occurring at ages 40 and 69.  African Americans have about a 40% higher chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and about twice the chance of dying from it.

Despite the familiarity doctors have with prostate cancer, misdiagnosis or mistreatment of lung cancer is a growing cause of medical malpractice claims.  Unfortunately, too often doctors and other medical professionals fail to order tests, misdiagnose, and fail to treat prostate cancer.  Such errors can give rise to successful medical malpractice claims. 

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Ovarian cancer forms in the ovaries, and can then spread to other tissues and organs including the peritoneum and diaphragm as well as the bloodstream or lymphatic system.  Most ovarian cancers are either ovarian epithelial carcinomas (cancer that begins in the cells on the surface of the ovary) or malignant germ cell tumors (cancer that begins in egg cells). 

Despite the familiarity doctors have with ovarian cancer, misdiagnosis or mistreatment of lung cancer is a growing cause of medical malpractice claims. It is important to recognize the risk factors for ovarian cancer:

• Family history of ovarian cancer
• Age—Women over 50 are at greater risk of developing ovarian cancer
• Personal or family history of breast cancer or colon cancer
• Women who have never had children are at greater risk
• Hormone replacement therapy may be associated with an increased risk
• Fertility drugs may increase risk

Unfortunately, too often doctors and other medical professionals fail to order tests, misdiagnose, and fail to treat ovarian cancer.  Such errors can give rise to successful medical malpractice claims.   

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Lung cancer forms in the tissues of the lungs, usually in the cells lining air passages.  It is estimated that during 2008 there will be over 215,000 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed and nearly 162,000 deaths caused by lung cancer.

Despite the familiarity doctors have with lung cancer, misdiagnosis or mistreatment of lung cancer is a growing cause of medical malpractice claims.

Lung cancer is more responsive to treatment when detection occurs early.  Because of this, it is important to know the early warning signs of lung cancer, which can include:

• Persisent coughing, or coughing that does not go away
• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain or discomfort
• Wheezing
• Streaks of blood coughed up in mucus from the lungs
• Hoarseness
• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss for no known reason
• Fatigue and feeling extremely tired

Unfortunately, too often doctors and other medical professionals fail to order tests, misdiagnose, and fail to treat lung cancer.  Such errors can give rise to successful medical malpractice claims.

If you would like more information about your rights in a medical malpractice case, you can order our FREE book “The Ultimate Michigan Medical Malpractice Handbook” by clicking on the book title.  We will send it out immediately along with other important information. 

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Medical malpractice can be caused by a failure to diagnose an infectious disease.  Doctors and other medical providers have unprecedented ability to recognize and treat the overwhelming majority of infectious diseases.  In many cases, treatment of an infectious disease is effective in limiting the duration and severity of an illness, with the result that the patient eventually gets better.  However, when an infectious disease is not diagnosed, the infection festers, which can lead to prolonged illness and in some cases even death.

Newborn babies are especially vulnerable to infection because they have not yet built up immunities to many infectious diseases.  This is especially true during childbirth when an infection can easily be passed from the mother to the baby.  Modern medicine has given us the knowledge and ability to check the mother for infections and to treat her infectious disease prior to childbirth.  Failure to check and treat an infectious disease in these circumstances is often a clear-cut example of medical malpractice.

Other examples of frequent medical malpractice include failing to monitor for infectious diseases following surgery and failing to prescribe or administer the correct antibiotics when an infectious disease is diagnosed.

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