Paul McNeil acted in a case
concerning the misdiagnosis of breast cancer on and after February
1997.
Candice, aged 53 attended her GP with a lump in her left breast.
She was referred to the defendant, a consultant general surgeon, on
a private basis.
Investigations performed included a fine needle aspiration and a
mammogram. However, the defendant wrote to the GP indicating that
he could not find a lump even though there was a suspicious
mammogram and fine needle aspiration result.
The consultant discharged Candice from further care.
Almost two years later in December 1998, Candice attended a
routine breast screening mammogram. This revealed a palpable
lump in the left breast and a mammogram confirmed that Candice was
suffering from breast cancer.
In February 1999, surgery in the form of a wide local excision
and axillary clearance at level two was carried out. The tumour was
grade one and she was prescribed radiotherapy and chemotherapy with
tamoxifen.
Paul McNeil were instructed to
investigate a cancer misdiagnosis claim
on Candice’s behalf. The experts supported our view that the 23
month delay in diagnosing breast cancer reduced the prospect of her
10-year survival from 90% to 45%.
Fortunately, Candice has not suffered a recurrence of the cancer
to date and is well. Paul McNeil settled the claim
for £63,500 in October 2002.
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