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- Title
Failure to recommend genetic testing in breast cancer.
- Authors
COTTON, VICTOR R.; KIRKPATRICK, DOUGLAS H.
- Abstract
The article looks at two medical professional liability lawsuits that relate to cancer. Topics mentioned include delay in diagnosis of breast cancer, entities that recommend genetic testing for BRCA mutations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and failure to diagnose genetic mutations that predispose patients to developing cancer.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BREAST tumor diagnosis; MEDICAL errors; DIAGNOSTIC error laws; GENETIC testing laws; DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAMS; MALPRACTICE; GENETIC mutation; UNNECESSARY surgery; BRCA genes; LAW; MEDICAL laws
- Publication
Contemporary OB/GYN, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 6, p28
- ISSN
0090-3159
- Publication type
Article