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Can I sue for medical malpractice for failure to have a colonoscopy?
New York, NY
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Posted 3 months ago in Medical Malpractice
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my mom, 72 years old, has been going to the same general practitioner (GP) for 22 years. In all that time the doctor NEVER recommended that a person her age have a routine colonoscopy...(maybe because her family has no history of cancer?, who knows)....regardless, 1 1/2 years ago she was diagnosed with stage FOUR colon cancer. i think a colonoscopy 2, 5, or 10 years ago wouldve likely lead to the detection of this earlier, thus giving her a better outcome.
do i have a case against her GP? many thanks Answers (1)
Peter Hart
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You don't but your mother most likely would if she was showing any other signs of cancer-such as blood in her stool. The standard of care generally accepted is that anyone over fifty should have a Colonoscopy every five years.
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