Personal Injury Lawyers in New York

Breast cancer is the most common and most feared cancer among women in the United States.
The incidence of breast cancer continues to rise and science is not entirely clear why.

Mammography is the most important tool in early detection of breast cancer and it has become
universally accepted over the past 20 years. The National Institutes of Health census panel report of 1997 concluded that the reduction in mortality attributable to screening mammography was 30% for women over the age of 50 and 20% for women over the age of 40.

There have been technological improvements in mammography including the development of
digital mammography and computer aided detection(CAD). In digital mammography the screen film system is replaced by a detector, which produces electronic signal that is digitized and
stored. Digital mammography offers some clear advantages in its performance as compared to
screen so mammography. Display brightness and contrast can be adjusted completely.
Computer aided detection, referred to as CAD, involves a diagnosis reached by a radiologist who
considers the computer analysis of the image when making his or her own interpretation.

Breast cancer diagnosed early saves lives and reduces the need for extensive surgery for radical
mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The role of the mammographer is therefore
crucial to saving lives and the quality of life. Unfortunately we often see that mammographers
fail to fulfill this responsibility because of ordinary negligence such as not comparing films from
years past, not taking the time to comprehensively read the current films, not recommend
additional imaging study such as magnified views, and not talking directly to their colleague, a
gynecologist, or internist or family practitioner, about the films and their patient. Much of this
has to do the concern of making money by maximizing the number of mammographies read in a
short period of time, maximizing the amount of the amount of health insurance payment. For
these reasons our law firm continues to receive clients who suffer harm and economic damages
because of negligent medical care(malpractice).