Liver Cancer Expert Witness

 This case involves a woman who allegedly suffered a delayed diagnosis of treatable cancer due to a failure to follow up on suspicious imaging studies. The woman initially presented to her primary care physician with complaints of abdominal pain, cramping,…

This case takes place in Connecticut and involves a middle-aged woman who was undergoing testing of a tumor on her liver for malignancy. The woman’s medical history included atrial fibrillation, for which she had been taking Coumadin while under the…

This case takes place in New Jersey and involves a female patient who presented to the ER in with abdominal pain. The ER ordered a CT, gave the patient various narcotic painkillers, and discharged him the next morning. The scan…

This case involves a biotech company that developed cancer-fighting drugs. The company partnered with a pharmaceutical company to develop a new-generation of cancer drugs. One of the drugs that the two companies developed became a successful drug for treating liver…

A breast oncology expert witness advises on relapse and spread of woman’s breast cancer despite treatment. The plaintiff was diagnosed with right breast cancer in 2006 and underwent surgery in 2008. The tumor was 1.5cm by 1.3cm by 1.0 cm,…

This case involves a forty-five-year-old female who was referred to a gastroenterologist with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and fatigue. Her past medical history included hepatitis B, diabetes mellitus, and twenty years of smoking. She could only speak Spanish and…

This case involves a seventy-three-year-old female patient with a history of smoking, diabetes, and hypertension. The patient was seen by her primary care physician several times for rectal exams and testing for blood in the stool. On all occasions, there…

This case involves a fifty-nine-year-old female patient who presented to her gynecologist complaining of abnormal vaginal bleeding that usually occurred after sexual intercourse. The patient also reported some vaginal discomfort, malodorous discharge, and painful urination. The physician said that her…

This case involves a fifty-six-year-old female patient who underwent treatment for difficulty swallowing both solids and liquids. The patient underwent several rounds of therapeutic dilations and barium swallows but was never fully worked to exclude malignancy as a cause of…