Cervical Cancer
The misdiagnosis of cervical cancer is one of the most terrible tragedies in all of medicine. Tragic because cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent preventable, yet several thousand women die needlessly each year, the result of misread pap smears and laboratory error. When cervical cancer goes undetected, treatment options and the likelihood of survival are drastically reduced.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cervical cancer and you believe it was the result of a misread Pap smear, laboratory error or medical malpractice, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. At the Law Office of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, our lawyers have over 30 years of experience helping families find solid solutions to the serious problem of cancer misdiagnosis.
Our experience has taught us about the physical, economic and emotional hardships you face. That’s why we provide straight answers and, when appropriate, solid solutions. It’s what you deserve.
Misread Pap Smears and Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis
A positive cervical cancer diagnosis can have life changing effects on the victim and their loved ones. Individuals that are questioning a cancer misdiagnosis are urged to contact us by phone, email or by office visit.
Many women who die of cervical cancer have not obtained regular medical care. Unfortunately as to those women who seek and think they are receiving appropriate care, many become victims of needlessly advanced cervical cancer. The reason women who think they are receiving preventative care to avoid cervical cancer die of cervical cancer is because their general practitioners or gynecologists fail to perform the proper tests, or follow up appropriately on ominous test results, misread pap smear results, or the lab which processes the pap smear mishandles the specimen. When any of these things happens, medical negligence has occurred. When negligence occurs, time and treatment options are severely limited. The required treatment is associated with life-altering and dangerous complications and the probability of survival is greatly diminished.
Questions arise, such as: Was this a medical oversight? Was this preventable? Was there negligence in not sooner detecting the cervical cancer through the Pap smear? Was there negligence in the handling of the specimen? Did the gynecologist or family doctor obtaining the results of the pap smear and who performed the pelvic exam act appropriately with the information obtained? Am I a victim of medical malpractice? How will filing a cancer malpractice case help? Can I help to prevent this from happening to other women?
The attorneys at Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have been helping women afflicted with cervical cancer for over thirty years. In this time, our attorneys have helped those women and their families needlessly ravaged by the disease seek justice, compensation and closure.
As well as finding justice, our firm understands that meeting the financial challenges facing the victim and the victim’s family is paramount. Our attorneys, paralegals, in-house medical staff and support staff approach each potential cervical cancer case with compassion and understanding. Jerry Meyers, the senior partner of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, is a nationally recognized cervical cancer attorney and advocate in this area of medical malpractice law. While Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the firm has helped women from around the United States through association with attorneys licensed in the states where improper care occurred.
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