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An Illinois medical malpractice case<\/a> recently was settled, avoiding an Illinois jury trial regarding the death of an Illinois man with undiagnosed bladder cancer<\/a>. The Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit revolved around the urologist who allegedly failed to diagnose the man’s bladder cancer in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

The case calls to mind the importance of securing a timely diagnosis in Illinois cancer cases<\/a>, where just a few months delay may result in drastic differences in the cancer’s staging and in the patient’s chance of a positive outcome.<\/p>\n

In this particular case the man had first been referred to the urologist for a second opinion regarding continued complaints of urinary tract difficulties. The defendant doctor determined that the man’s symptoms were behavioral, meaning that they had more to do with the patient’s mental state than with his physical state. In light of this diagnosis, which was later found to be unfounded, the doctor decided that these symptoms did not present any risk to the patients lower or upper urinary tracts.<\/p>\n

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