Errors in Detecting Early Stages of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer screening can help save the lives of millions of women. Unfortunately, errors in detecting early stages of breast cancer are raising some concerns in the health community. Breast cancer and the resultant treatment can lead many women to need time away from work. The financial support of long-term disability benefits may be necessary at a time like this.

Diagnosing in the early stages is not as cut and dry as some may think. At times errors can occur in deciding whether or not cell clusters are malignant or benign. Unfortunately, a wrong diagnosis can lead to unnecessary treatment.

Diagnosing ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), which is a less serious form of breast cancer, is not as precise as many health experts would like. The danger is that although DCIS is a less serious form of cancer it can turn into invasive cancer if left undetected and untreated.

Some critics argue that DCIS is many times over-diagnosed and over-treated, which sparked some of the recent controversy concerning women having mammograms in their 40s.

Every year more than 50,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with DCIS. If left untreated there is a 30% chance it will turn into invasive cancer.

If you suffer from breast cancer and your illness and treatments have made it impossible for you to work, you may qualify for long-term disability benefits. Contact a long-term disability attorney at The Law Offices of LaVan & Neidenberg, P.A. 1-888-234-5758. Our attorneys can help you to determine if you are eligible for benefits.