Category: Cancer

How Les Brown Cured Prostate Cancer

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Whether or not you can think you can survive prostate cancer, it’s very important for you to have an open mind that you can. I understand how horrible prostate cancer can be, but it’s still not as much a killer disease as the rest of the world has made it to seem. Yes, it has killed lots of people all over the world, young and old. Yes, it’s still killing lots more people all over the world. Yes, and all the other yess, but the fact remains that there are still lots of people that continue to survive prostate cancer each and everyday.

If other people have survived prostate cancer, then it’s very possible that you can survive it as well. Nothing makes the people who have survived it more special than you. I am very sure that the most important ingredient to their surviving the prostate cancer wasn’t mostly the treatment itself, but mostly in their BELIEF that they would survive it. Yes, you read that right. More important than the treatment itself is YOUR BELIEF in your ability to heal yourself.

Nature, or God (depending on the term you wish to use), has blessed every person with the inert ability to heal themselves, but lots of people don’t know about this ability. Even those who “suspect” the potential of this ability do nothing much about it. That’s mostly why lots of people don’t get cured when others do get cured, especially when both of them have the exact same condition.

That’s why I always tell many people to STAY OPEN. As far as prostate cancer or any other cancer or disease is concerned, it’s best o stay open and believe that a cure is possible, instead of giving up and expecting death to come. I don’t care if you have been given a very limited prognosis by the doctors and you are now waiting on death to come, a miraculous cure for your prostate cancer might just be around the corner.

Finally, it’s not just about staying open. You should try to learn all you can about other people that have survived prostate cancer and find out what they did, then do the same thing. You might just about get the exact same results, especially if you have the right BELIEF that you will survive it too, and if you have the right mindset! I am sure within a very short time, you will begin to see incredible improvement in your situation. Trust me, it can happen if your belief in your ability to heal yourself is strong enough!

Restore Happiness by Means of Cancer Treatment India

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Cancer is said to be not just one disease alone instead it is a whole group of diseases involving unregulated or uncontrolled growth of the cells. These cells invade in the other tissues through blood vessels or lymphatic channels. When the cells divide and grow uncontrollably they tend to form malignant tumors. Although all tumors are not cancerous anyhow it’s difficult to judge that which tumor might take the shape of cancer. This disease has been so life threatening that it needs to be treated immediately. Cancer Treatment India provides patients with the perfect cure from cancer. Treating it with the right kind of treatment is very necessary since the doctors just cannot afford to take any kind of risks with this disease.

Cancer can be caused by anything that leads the cells to develop abnormally. Some known reasons that increase the risk of cancer are:

Genetics, many people inherit such genes from their parents that are cancerous. Tobacco, intake of harmful drugs like cocaine, excessive smoking etc lead to cancer. The most common types of cancer that occur due to intake of tobacco are lung and mouth cancer.

Diet and physical activity, obesity is another cause for cancer. Always follow a healthy diet say no to junk food. Exercise regularly this will not only make you active but physically fit too.

Sun and exposure to Ultra violet rays, been in contact with the sun for long duration can lead to skin cancer as the Ultra violet rays of the sun are extremely harmful for the human body.

Cancer Hospitals in India are expert in treating any of these above mentioned causes. The cancer friendly environment of these hospitals has saved the patients from any kind of panic. Cancer Hospitals with their team of highly experienced doctors have assisted their patients throughout the treatment by bringing them the desired results. The hospitals have spacious and neat rooms. Best medical facilities are been provided to all the patients.

Cancer Treatment India has successfully treated thousands of those patients who were in a critical condition. With expert treatment cancer can be definitely cured but timely diagnosing its symptom and consulting the doctors immediately reduces the risks.

The most common cancer among woman is breast cancer. It usually originates from the inner lining of the milk ducts. Breast Cancer Treatment India has brought most effective results for those women who had been fighting this disease.

Author Bio: Cancer Treatment India has been effective in treating the deadly disease cancer. Cancer Hospitals in India has elated the lives of cancerous patients by giving them their healthy and normal life back.

Paclitaxel Ranks First Among World’s Anti-cancer Drugs

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Since 2006, the annual total sales of the natural raw materials paclitaxel injection and semi-synthetic paclitaxel injection paclitaxel reached $ 3.7 billion in international market. It ranks top one in international anti-cancer drugs.
After listing in 1992, paclitaxel has been warmly welcomed by the medical profession. The record of annual sales is more than two hundred million U.S. dollars. In the seventh year, global market sales have exceeded $ 1 billion. Thus, the taxol create a sales miracle of a single preparation of the plant anti-cancer drugs, even if the other plants listed earlier anti-cancer drugs, with sales so far, only more than two hundred million U.S. dollars.
So far, the international market, only two kinds of paclitaxel bulk drugs: one from a variety of yew bark; another is extracted from ornamental yew branches in Europe 10-berry red mold base, and then by the semi-synthetic made, namely docetaxel, its structure and natural extract is very similar to paclitaxel. These two bulk drugs are the best-selling API products in the international pharmaceutical market, and a long period of short supply, according to estimates, sales of paclitaxel and docetaxel drug substance ratio of about 10:1.
Taxol anticancer drugs are the hospital of choice in the world. The incidence of tumors of the world in recent years has increased more than 10 years ago, nearly double the lung, breast and ovarian cancer and other malignant tumors also showed multiple trends, the main users of these are paclitaxel in cancer patients. Generally speaking, prior to take its place in no kind of plant anticancer drug paclitaxel sales will only rise, not fall.
According to the latest figures released by the World Health Organization, the United States has now become the world’s first cancer-prone countries, and its new cancer cases each year 1.4 million people, accounting for the 14% of the global cancer patients. The United States has still paclitaxel largest consumer. U.S. cancer incidence rates have increased, the main drug of paclitaxel against advanced cancer, you can believe that its sales will continue to maintain the chia seed momentum of rapid increase. United States and other developed countries in the ten years of clinical use of the process already summed up a set of Taxol and other anticancer drugs, the best compatibility program, its medical department has been inseparable from paclitaxel, therefore, the demand for paclitaxel The amount also was a corresponding rise in the trend.
In recent years, the use of paclitaxel in the medical device is also favored. U.S. medical device manufacturers in the development of a paclitaxel-eluting stent for the treatment of severely blocked coronary patients. This new drug-eluting stents to prevent blood lipids re-deposition in the formation of a new blockage of the stent surface, which can greatly improve the life of the pharmaceutical raw materials stent. Because this drug-eluting stent has become the best-selling products to international involvement in the treatment of medical devices on the market, it was predicted that paclitaxel was introduced to the medical device industry will greatly exacerbated by the international pharmaceutical industry intensified paclitaxel battle degree.
The reason that why paclitaxel can not be further expanded is related with the low content in yew bark. Basically every 10,000 kg of yew bark can extract 1 kg of paclitaxel. This mode of production is bound to destroy the valuable forest resource yew bark which is endangered. But the good news is that the long-term shortage of paclitaxel deadlock is improving. A few years ago, some foreign manufacturers already successful develop the cell culture batch cultivation of yew bark cells. Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other Western countries are engaged in the cell culture production of taxol. Source:http://www.cospcn.com

Cancer and Cancer Cures, What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You

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Read this, even if you haven’t got cancer and not currently at risk. Keep it for future reference for yourself or someone else. It might just turn out to be a life-saver.

It may be interpreted as a death sentence when the doctor solemnly pronounces judgement, telling a patient that they have cancer. Indeed, this Earth-shattering news will leave no room for misinterpretation when the doctor tells the patient just how long he/she has got left to live. Having said all that, death doesn’t have to be the outcome: Here’s a whole load of things what your doctor won’t tell you because he/she may not even know about the following vital life-saving information. .

The first important thing to understand is this. Is the doctor’s short life-expectancy estimation of the cancer patient a way of saying that the soon to be administered orthodox medical treatment will be largely ineffective?

Think about it.

When someone becomes a cancer statistic it opens the double-doors to a whole host of sales reps keen to fix the patient up with one or a combination of orthodox medical cancer treatments; chemotherapy, radiation or surgery: Every thought, deed or action implemented will be based on the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds to be made on the patient… Indeed, this seriously needs to be considered when most patients die of the treatment NOT the cancer.

The analogy I use is this. If you go to the butcher’s shop and tell the man you’re hungry he’s not going to send you to the vegetarian store, right? Well, the same applies to those in the medical/pharmaceutical establishment: Vested interest and money rules over genuine welfare concern and the medical/pharmaceutical establishment will not let any highly effective cheaper, natural and non-toxic alternative cancer treatment find its way into the limelight and undercut their business. From what could be gleaned from this there would be far less suffering and unnecessary cancer death… more about those highly effective cheaper, natural and non-toxic alternative cancer treatments later.

The early detection myth

“If only the cancer had been detected earlier…” I’ve heard this said about many people who had died of cancer, including my father. Whether it’s through colonoscopies, mammograms, prostrate or Pap tests… etc, the medical/pharmaceutical establishment often chant the “early detection saves lives” mantra but is this really the case? Not according to some for the following reasons.

The overall evidence does not support the early detection theory. Sure, there’s been more early cancers caught but there is no proof that early intervention has made any difference to overall survival. It’s the opposite in fact. In a way, the more cancers detected the more, some might say, that ultimately nothing can be done long-term to prevent cancer deaths.

The idea that “early detection saves lives” is made improvable by the fact that many early cancers detected are not known to be malignant or benign. Hence, there have been cases of over-diagnoses and unnecessary treatment.

Further evidence in support of the above point comes from the startling fact that the majority of cancers are only found during post-mortem. For example, pathologists report some 30-40 times more cases of thyroid, pancreatic and prostate cancers than those alive with these cancers and presented to the doctor. In other words, these people died of something else; they had been able to contain (encapsulate) the cancer, and had rendered it as symptomless or harmless. The medical/pharmaceutical establishment doesn’t like to talk too much about the body’s ability to heal naturally. No money to be made there.

Orthodox medical treatment can cause cancer in many ways. For example, here’s an important message for women receiving treatment for breast cancer by radiation therapy and screening. You have a 20% plus higher chance of getting breast cancer than no treatment at all. That’s because of the potentially harmful mutagenic effects of the x-rays encountered during treatment. The solution is to be treated with infra-red thermography which is far less harmful. This startling information is never revealed: Think of the money lost by the ‘establishment’ if you found out and ‘defected’ to infra-red thermography… By the way, don’t fall for the nonsense statement that “mammograms save lives,” they don’t. The only truthful thing about mammograms is that they detect some cancer.

-I bet you’ve never read all this in your daily mainstream paper. That’s because they’re too busy playing propaganda patsies for their sponsors the medical/pharmaceutical establishment, chanting the unfounded mantra that early detection saves lives, allowing the stats to be fudged…

The 5 year survival rate

For me, the most eye-opening stat fudge is the 5 year survival rate. I’ve heard it said from time to time that someone has received orthodox medical treatment for cancer and they’ve been cured. Indeed, if it has been 5 years or over since treatment the official stat is ‘cured.’ However, the cancer can come back for example in year 6 and the patient can then die, making it a case of statistically ‘dead and cured’ all at once.

Why does the cancer come back?

This indeed is a key question. To answer, first we must ask another question. What is cancer?

First understand that cancer, like all diseases, is ONLY a symptom of some underlying root cause. The symptom may be treated effectively but because the underlying root cause is left untreated the disease (symptom) WILL eventually return. -I cannot stress this very important point enough.

So, to answer the above question “what is cancer?” it can be said that cancer (the symptom, knock on effect, warning sign…) is the result of a failing immune system (the root cause). This explains why orthodox medical treatment will never cure cancer because it only treats the symptom and basically ignores the underlying root cause and its reason for failing.

So the solution therefore is to deal with both the symptom and underlying root cause to stop the cancer. To find out how, go to part-2, the follow up of this article.

Please go to http://www.NewParadigm.ws for related articles, blogs and videos… including a free download PDF entitled ‘The Greater Way and the New Paradigm Experience’.The follow up link for this article is:

http://www.newparadigm.ws/cancer-cures-what-your-doctor-won-t-tell-you-pt-2/

How to stop your body from making Cancer

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Our bodies don’t get cancer; our bodies make cancer. That is we have made it ourselves. How did we accomplish that you may ask? Simply by not respecting the laws of Mother Nature. It’s the way we are now living that’s causing so much of it now days. Cancer is well understood and it is not some dreaded disease that science can’t fathom. Its cause is the result of the violation of natural laws.

What our medical system wants us to believe is it’s not our fault and there is nothing we could have done to prevent it. That is not so! The facts are cancer has been growing in your body for many years, and it’s you that has caused it. In most cases it takes about 10 years before it’s of sufficient size to be detected and that means your cancer has been under construction for a long time.

If you’re interested here is a recipe for making cancer;

* Expose your self to large amounts of radiation in the form of x-rays and ct scans.

* Make sure most of your food is processed.

* Eating cancer causing food which contains chemical preservatives, e.g. salami.

* Eating lots of refined sugar which is cancer cells natural food.

* Avoiding anti-cancer food which is fresh food in its natural state.

* Using too many toxic chemicals, many of them in personal care products.

* Avoiding natural sunlight.

* Live a sedentary lifestyle.

So when a doctor tells a patient there was nothing they could have done to stop the cancer that is not true. A doctor is only repeating what he knows and they don’t know how cancer is made or even the causes of it. Cancer is a degenerative disease and all degenerative diseases can be reversed, it is never too late to do something about it.

Cancer is a modern day problem, there was very little of it 40 to 50 years ago. It is only man and the animals he controls that are troubled by cancer. It is a complex disease and man will never fully understand it and he doesn’t need to. All you have to do if you’re dealing with cancer is to just rely on nature to help you remove it. Nature produces the perfect food for humans which is our medicine and all you have to do is to eat it. Nature provides the cure for cancer.

To remove cancer once it has been diagnosed you must respect the laws of Mother Nature and eat and live as we are supposed to.

Here is the recipe for removing cancer;

* Eat a plant based diet.

* Make sure the food you eat is fresh and no one has interfered with it.

* Get a little exercise everyday, it’s important.

* Avoid chemicals, we are surrounded by them.

* Have a positive outlook.

Remember your body strives to heal itself automatically every single day. What you need to do to assist it is to remove the barrier that’s been stopping it from healing. A strict natural diet and other simple lifestyle changes will do this.

Alan Wighton is an experienced natural therapist specialising in nutrition. He has researched all aspects of cancer and how our diet is closely related to the disease. For more common sense information on effective ways to overcome cancer using the powerful natural healing ability of the human body; please visit www.cancerhealed.com http://www.cancerhealed.com

What Women Need To Know About Prostate Cancer Symptoms And Treatment

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Statistics show that one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime; 220,000 men are diagnosed every year in the United States alone. Thats why it is critical for men to be well-versed on the disease’s symptoms and treatment options.

What may be even more important is the role mens wives play in ensuring that men are regularly screened. It is common knowledge that men aren’t always the best at taking care of and managing their health. It seems that men have every excuse in the book for ignoring regular doctor visits. But this is where a mans wife plays a crucial role. Generally speaking, women make sure that the men in their lives go to the doctor. And thats why it is important for them to be knowledgeable about prostate cancer, even though it is often referred to as “a man’s disease.”

What should Wives know about Prostate Cancer?
First, wives should know that prostate cancer is extremely common. Also, it is usually a slow-growing cancer, which means that symptoms oftentimes do not appear until the cancer is in more advanced stages.

Prostate cancer is also curable, and the earlier it is detected, the better the long-term chance of cure. This is why women must encourage the men in their lives to get screened annually for prostate cancer–early detection and the choice of treatment are the keys to cure of prostate cancer.

Screenings include a PSA blood test (a small amount of blood is taken and then analyzed), as well as a Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). The prostate is a gland that exists only in men, and sits below the bladder, adjacent to the rectum and the position of the prostate is why most men avoid prostate screenings like the plague–the doctor must press against the rectum to feel the prostate. It is admittedly not a very “fun” procedure; however, a few seconds of discomfort are certainly worth your husband’s life.

Many men don’t even know what the prostate is, and therefore don’t see how it could be a big problem. That’s why it is important that women learn about prostate cancer. Women who care about the welfare of their family know about this tiny gland and the big problems prostate cancer can cause.

Wives’ Guide to Prostate Cancer Symptoms:
Since the prostate sits near the bladder, symptoms of prostate cancer include many urinary difficulties, such as:
– Difficulty starting urination
– Weak urine flow
– Inability to empty the bladder completely
– Frequent nighttime urination
– Sudden urges to urinate

Recognizing these symptoms is very important for you and your husband. He may think that his frequent urination is due to “middle/old age” and may dismiss his symptoms as just that. You should know that these symptoms can be very serious.

It is much more common for a man who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer to not have any symptoms at all. In fact, if a man does have these symptoms, more likely than not, his prostate cancer has progressed. This further illustrates why it is critical for a man to be screened annually–remember, early detection and the choice of treatment are the two biggest factors in being cured of this disease.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis:
Prostate cancer, since it is so often present in men, is usually screened for in physical exams for men age 50 and older. But men in their 40s can also get prostate cancer, so don’t think your husband’s age necessarily precludes him from developing this disease. In fact, African-American men, and men that have a family history of prostate cancer should begin their annual screenings at age 40.

The PSA blood test and the DRE will determine whether a man requires additional testing. A man is officially diagnosed with prostate cancer after a biopsy is conducted.

If your husband is diagnosed with prostate cancer, more than anything, you need to be his support and help him make an informed decision about how he should be treated for his prostate cancer. Research all the available treatment options and then go and consult with two, three, four, or more physicians who offer those different options, until you and your husband are both confident and comfortable with your decision. Do not make a snap decision about the course of treatment; many of the options out there carry risks of permanent side effects, including impotence and incontinence. A cancer diagnosis is scary for everyone, and men especially may balk at the idea of prostate cancer surgery and other treatments due to these fears of the side effects.

What you should know is that there are a variety of prostate cancer treatments available that can be very effective.

Unfortunately, the prospect of impotence and erectile dysfunction due to removal of the prostate cancer lead some men to decide to live with, and ultimately die from, prostate cancer. However, today’s treatment options are leaps and bounds more sophisticated than those your husband may remember. No longer is prostate cancer a sentence to sexual issues.

As a woman, you are more likely to pay attention to and take care of your husbands health. With prostate cancer being such a prevalent issue for men, you should be paying special attention to your husband’s health to ensure prostate cancer will not be a devastating diagnosis.

Settlement After Doctor Failed To Notify Patient Tests Showed Possibility Of Prostate Cancer

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Male patients tend to have a scant awareness of prostate cancer, their own chances for the cancer, and the methods available for detecting whether they have prostate cancer. Most male patients are not aware of what it means to screen for prostate cancer or that screening needs to be done before they begin to show symptoms. Yet, far too often, physicians detect the cancer only after it is past the early stages because of deficient of screening.

There are several different circumstances that may result in a delayed diagnosis. This article will consider the following pattern: the doctor (1) orders a PSA blood test, (2) finds that the man has a high PSA level, but (3) fails to inform the patient, does not refer the patient to a specialist, and fails to get a biopsy to confirm whether the elevated PSA is due to prostate cancer. The case below illustrates this situation.

A physician, an internist, found that his male patient had a PSA of 8. (anything above a 4.0 is generally viewed as high). The doctor said nothing to the patient. The physician did not refer the patient to a specialist. The doctor failed to order a biopsy. Two years later the physician repeated the PSA test. This time the PSA level had gone up to 13.6. Again, the physician did not inform the patient. Again, the doctor did not refer the patient to a urologist. And again, the physician did not order a biopsy. Two years later the doctor repeated the PSA test. It was not until three years after first knowing about the patients raised PSA level that the physician finally advised him that he most likely had cancer. By the time he was diagnosed he had metastatic prostate cancer and surgery was not among the treatment options. Treating doctors alternatively recommended radiation therapy and hormone therapy. Neither of these would eliminate the cancer but they might slow the cancers advancement and additional spread. The law firm that handled this matter reported that they took the lawsuit to mediation where they were able to obtain a settlement of $600,000.

But not following up after noting abnormal test results brings about a situation in which those patients who do in fact have prostate cancer may not discover they have it until it has spread outside the prostate, restricting the patients choices for treatment, and substantially decreasing the possibility that the patient will be able to survive the cancer.

This lawsuit illustrates a sort of error that can lead to the delayed diagnosis of a patients prostate cancer. It comes about when the doctor actually follows the guidelines and screens male patients for prostate cancer yet does not follow through when the test results are abnormal.

Nandlal Tiwari Cancer Research Centre

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Melanoma Skin Cancer Check For Melanoma Where The Sun Don’t Shine

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Melanoma skin cancer does not just form where you get the most sun. Many people think that they only need to check the areas of their skin that are regularly exposed to the sun.

While this is good practice, don’t ignore the rest of your body. My brother found his melanoma growth on his upper thigh, and he has never worn shorts in his life. He always kept check on his arms, legs, face etc, but when a cut that wouldn’t heal showed up on his inner thigh, he didn’t think it could possibly be melanoma skin cancer, because he had never got any sun there.

So, when you are giving your body the “once over” check… don’t ignore the skin that is always covered, and check places like your underarms, thighs, etc, and get someone to check the backs of your legs and your back and neck, and scalp.

We all have moles, or birth marks, or scars, that make us unique, it doesn’t mean it is cancer, what you are looking for is changes. Most moles stay the same shape, but if they start getting larger, form weird edges, or bleed, itch or scab up, then it doesn’t hurt to get it checked out. This goes for any cut that does not heal, or forms a scab that keeps falling off, which is what my brother had. He did not have one mole on his body.

Melanoma skin cancer, has a very high rate of cure if caught early. You need to get familiar with your body, so that you can let your doctor know. It is up to you to find these changes, so don’t forget to look past your arms and back and face..

Colon Cancer Metastasizes In Man With Symptoms When Doctors Do Not Conduct A Colonoscopy

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When it comes to several cancers like colon cancer there are well-defined recommendations and guidelines for the tests to conduct when a person has certain symptoms. In cases where a doctor does not comply with these guidelines and the person does have cancer which ultimately ends up spreading from the resulting holdup in detecting the cancer, that physician might be liable for medical malpractice. To illustrate such a scenario look at the following documented lawsuit.

At the time the patient in this matter commenced treating with his primary care physician the physician conducted a full physical examination and documented his findings of both internal and external hemorrhoids. The doctor recorded that the patient had bleeding from the rectum occasionally. The doctor failed to do any more testing to check for the presence of blood in the man’s stool or to determine the source of the bleeding. Also, despite the fact that the individual was fifty years old at the time, the physician did not send the patient for a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy in order to screen for colon cancer.

After 2 years, having experienced a number of days of abdominal pain the man went in to the urgent care department at his doctor’s office. The nurse who conducted the examination put an entry in his record that she found occult blood in the man’s stool during a guiaic test. When the man returned to check in with the doctor for the results of the examination but the physician did not do anything about the positive finding of blood in the stool. The doctor did however recommend that the patient undergo a screening sigmoidoscopy and referred him to a gastroenterologist.

The gastroenterologist performed the sigmoidoscopy as requested by the primary care physician instead of a full colonoscopy. The gastroenterologist only examined up to 35 cm and noted merely hemorrhoids none of which were bleeding but failed to determine the source for the earlier finding of blood in the stool.

Two years later, the patient was again seen by the internist this time for bloating of the abdomen. As the internist performed a physical examination of the patient he was able to feel an a mass on the liver and ordered a CT scan which found large masses present both in the liver as well as the colon:. Now the internist at last sent the patient for a colonoscopy which found colon cancer. By then however, the patient had stage IV colon cancer which was so advanced that surgery was no longer an option. The patient began treating with chemotherapy but died just over a year following his diagnosis.

A lawsuit was pursued against both physicians by the family of the patient. The law firm that represented the family announced that they were able to obtain a settlement in the amounts of $1,500,000 on behalf of the man’s family.

This matter illustrates why it is so important to do proper tests for symptoms that raise the suspicion of colon cancer. Specifically when a patient has blood in the stool physicians usually concur that a colonoscopy rather than a sigmoidoscopy ought to be performed to rule out cancer. By doing only a sigmoidoscopy in this instance the doctors failed to check the full length of the patient’s colon and hence wrongly eliminated colon cancer as a possible source for the blood. This ended in a two year holdup in the detection of the patient’s cancer. The law firm that handled this case on behalf of the man’s family no doubt had medical experts ready to offer testimony that had this delay not happened the man’s cancer would not have metastasized and the individual would have survived after treatment.

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