Types of Cancer
Some cancers can and should be discovered early, before they have a chance to grow or metastasize. Many governing medical bodies, including the American Cancer Society, publish guidelines for doctors to screen for these cancers. The screening tests are designed to detect cancer early and increase survival rates. Proper screening greatly increases the chances of detecting these cancers early, when they can be cured. Learn more about these types of cancers and the tests your doctors should order to detect them early:
The cancers listed above have well-established surveillance screening guidelines. In order to have a valid legal claim, you do not necessarily need to have been diagnosed with one of the foregoing types of cancer – these cancers are simply the types that most often result in a delayed diagnosis claim. Doctors routinely fail to properly interpret test results, and often fail to respond in a timely fashion to their patients’ complaints of abnormal signs and symptoms with all different types of cancers. If you were told a test was normal, only to find out months or years later that it was actually abnormal, or if you were complaining of concerning signs and symptoms long before you were finally diagnosed, you may be entitled to compensation for your delayed cancer diagnosis.
If your doctor failed to make a timely diagnosis of any of the following types of cancer, call the Porter Law Group for a free case evaluation:
- Anal Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Endometrial Cancer
- Esophageal/Laryngeal Cancer
- Eye Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Nasal Cavity and Sinus Cancer
- Osteosarcoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Rectal (or Colorectal) Cancer
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Skin Cancer/Melanoma
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
