Cancer is a large group of diseases that can start in almost any organ or tissue of the body when abnormal cells grow uncontrollably, go beyond their usual boundaries to invade adjoining parts of the body and/or spread to other…
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Latest breast cancer data Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the most common cancer overall. There were more than 2.26 million new cases of breast cancer in…
Mammograms are the best breast cancer screening tests we have at this time. But mammograms have their limits. For example, they aren’t 100% accurate in showing if a woman has breast cancer. They can miss some cancers, and sometimes they find…
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A jury in New York awarded $15 million to a woman in a failure to diagnose breast cancer case. The plaintiff discovered a lump in her breast in 2002, so she scheduled a mammogram to check it out. Her doctor…
A jury in New York awarded $15 million to a woman in a failure to diagnose breast cancer case. The plaintiff discovered a lump in her breast in 2002, so she scheduled a mammogram to check it out. Her doctor…
By Jeffrey T. Jensen, MD, MPH Leon Speroff Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Dr. Jensen reports he is a consultant for and receives grant/research support from HRA Pharma,…