$250,000 Settlement

Breast cancer screening mammography results not disclosed. Breast Cancer Mammography Screening/Physician Failed to Tell the Patient that she Needed a Biopsy/Delayed Cancer Diagnosis. An elderly patient went for a mammogram screening for breast cancer. The mammogram results indicated that she needed biopsies in both breasts because of probable breast cancer based on the screening. The report was sent to her primary care physician, and although she visited the primary care physician several times over about 9 months, the treating physician did not advise the patient of the need for biopsies in both breasts because of the abnormal appearance of the mammogram. The patient then felt a lump in her breast and the physician found the report in the file. She had breast cancer in both breasts