Minnesota Breast Cancer Malpractice Lawyers

Breast Cancer Legal Options

Most times than not, our trust is given to our doctors advice. Misdiagnosis of  breast cancer can delay proper treatments and as a result you may suffer undue pain and missed treatments or health damaging treatments.

Your breast cancer could have been treated at an earlier time. Negligence and poor standards may have contributed to a misdiagnosis of your cancer.

Improper or poor researched medication or treatments may have been given. You as a breast cancer patient may have reactions that cause more pain and suffering, that if your doctor or hospital ran standard tests would have seen that the treatment or certain medication was improper for you to take. This is a serious legal claim, so only contact our law office if you have some type of real negligent knowledge of your particular cancer case or you hold suspected evidence of wrongdoing in your cancer case.

Contact our Minnesota Breast Cancer Malpractice Lawyer for misdiagnosis breast cancer

Recent Breast Cancer Lawsuit

A recent breast cancer lawsuit was awarded in canada on the basis of patients not receiving timely care, radiation treatments in a timely manner because of long hospital or cancer waiting lists.

Acceptable medical delays are determined by doctors. For example, waiting for cardiac surgery longer than three months is not considered medically acceptable.

Depending on the severity of a cancer case, waiting for radiation treatment longer than four weeks is deemed unacceptable. Some patients, however, can wait longer than eight weeks, but usually not more than 12.

In the breast-cancer lawsuit, the plaintiffs include women who did not receive radiation treatment within eight weeks of their last surgery.

Ménard emphasized the judge has not yet decided whether the class action has merit, only that it be allowed to proceed.

The court would ultimately determine what constitutes a medically acceptable waiting period for breast-cancer patients.

If you suspect negligence of your doctor care and failure to do a CAT scan or analyze it correctly, then contact our law office to find out what your legal options are.

Sometimes if a CAT scan was done the patient would have lived.

Study Shows Link Between Antibiotic Use and Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)* provides evidence that use of antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

What about Prempro?

If you got worse or suffered more after prempro read this. Prempo may have caused more pain and suffering. From proper standard care testing, you may not have been a safe risk for taking Prempro medication.

Many things have been linked to breast cancer, one recent link has been the drug Prempro. This is a drug given for Hormone Therapy for women.

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute study, women that took Prempro were more likely to develop serious problems compared to those in the placebo group.

Women who took Prempro have a significantly higher chance of developing the following side effects:

*26% increase in breast cancer
*41% increase in strokes
*100% increase in blood clots
*22% increase in incidents of cardiovascular disease
*26% increase in breast cancer
*41% increase in strokes
*100% increase in blood clots
*22% increase in incidents of cardiovascular disease

Some Cancer Drugs that you might have had very bad reactions to may be:

10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin: A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called folate analogs.

12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate: TPA. A drug that is being studied in the treatment of hematologic cancer.

13-cis retinoic acid: A drug that is used in the treatment of acne and psoriasis and is being studied in cancer prevention. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids. Also called isotretinoin.

17-N-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin: A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics.

1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging: A noninvasive imaging method that provides information about cellular activity (metabolic information). It is used along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which provides information about the shape and size of the tumor (spacial information). Also called magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.

2-methoxyestradiol: 2ME2. A drug that prevents the formation of new blood vessels that tumors need in order to grow. It is derived from estrogen and belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

2IT-BAD monoclonal antibody 170: A type of monoclonal antibody used in cancer detection or therapy. Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced substances that can locate and bind to cancer cells.

3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone: 3-AP. A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors.

3-AP: 3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone. A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called ribonucleotide reductase inhibitors.

3-D: 3-dimensional. A graphic display of depth, width, and height.

3-dimensional: 3-D. A graphic display of depth, width, and height.

3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (…ray-dee-AY-shun…): A procedure that uses a computer to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor. This allows doctors to give the highest possible dose of radiation to the tumor, while sparing the normal tissue as much as possible. Also called 3-dimensional radiation therapy.

3-dimensional radiation therapy (…ray-dee-AY-shun…): A procedure that uses a computer to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor. This allows doctors to give the highest possible dose of radiation to the tumor, while sparing the normal tissue as much as possible. Also called 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.

4-demethoxydaunorubicin: A drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antitumor antibiotics. Also called idarubicin.

5-FU: A drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Also called fluorouracil.

5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid: 5HIAA. A breakdown product of serotonin that is excreted in the urine. Serotonin is a hormone found at high levels in many body tissues. Serotonin and 5HIAA are produced in excess amounts by carcinoid tumors, and levels of these substances may be measured in the urine to test for carcinoid tumors.

5-hydroxytryptamine: A hormone found in the brain, platelets, digestive tract, and pineal gland. It acts both as a neurotransmitter (a substance that nerves use to send messages to one another) and a vasoconstrictor (a substance that causes blood vessels to narrow). A lack of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain is thought to be a cause of depression. Also called serotonin.

506U78: A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.

5Q- syndrome: 5Q minus syndrome. A rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (Q arm) of human chromosome 5. This syndrome affects myeloid (bone marrow) cells, causing treatment-resistant anemia, and myelodysplastic syndromes that may lead to acute myelogenous leukemia.

6-hydroxymethylacylfulvene: A substance that is used in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents. Also called irofulven.

9-cis retinoic acid: A substance that is being studied in the prevention of cancer. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.

90Y-DOTA-biotin: A radioactive substance (yttrium-90) joined by a large chemical link (DOTA) to biotin, a vitamin.

Contact Minnesota Breast Cancer Malpractice Lawyers today! You have legal rights, do not suffer anymore!