Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers, with more than 3,000,000 cases diagnosed each year. The diagnosis of prostate cancer can also be
Anchoring bias is a well known cognitive bias in medicine. The term refers to overemphasizing early-acquired information. One example which occurs in medicine that looks
A report by the group Public Citizen shed some light on state medical licensing boards across the country. The report examined the extent to which
Pandemic related delays in care are resulting in more advanced stage cancers being discovered. Many patients either skipped or have been forced to delay screening
The US Preventative Task Force has issued new guidelines that will greatly expand the number of people who who receive annual CT scans to screen
A recent study of the success of telemedicine at the University of Pennsylvania, looking at virtual visits during the early months of the COVID pandemic,
“Active surveillance” for prostate cancer has become more common in recent years. A typical prostate cancer patient might follow this procedure if the cancer isn’t causing
The pandemic has led many people to delay getting important medical exams. Folks are likely weighing the risk/benefit of, for example, an in-person cancer screening
An article I saw in the New York Times this morning had me thinking about the difference between the standard of care and what we
As you well know, we represent folks in delay-of-diagnosing-cancer claims. That is, a patient will have presented with signs and symptoms of cancer, but a