I find it virtually impossible that this physician did not inform the woman this tumor was malignant. I am sure it was biopsied first. If it was benign, then there is a good chance it might not have been removed but tracked. If the results of the biopsy came back malignant then the whole thing is academic, it must be removed. My wife went through this very thing about two and a half years ago. Hers were benign but she opted for a hysterectomy (she had a few other issues as well) anyway.
This sounds to me like another person looking for a cash payout.
Well, if he can document that he told her (and it’s unthinkable that he wouldn’t document a prognosis!), then her lie is exposed. If he CAN’T, he’s got a problem, because documenting prognoses is for more than just insurance and lawsuits. When people are under stress, it is INEVITABLE that they will misunderstand verbal statements. Failure to properly inform her is failure to inform her.
Not telling her aside, he still possibly saved her life.
"Another surgeon removed several cancerous tumors and prescribed medication, but the cancer continued to spread, the lawsuit states."
You mean the cancer spread, like the first doc, even after tumor removal? Why not blame him? /s
"Last year, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., told her that Hoegh had accidentally cut into her tumor and caused the spread of the cancer"
How would this info (Dr. confidence and hearsay) come about without previous records?
As do many here. You have been very fortunate in your experiences with doctors if this is the case.
It has been my experience that there doctors of all levels of competence, that there are real variations in the quality of service, and that contempt for patients (individually or as part of a 'group', merited or otherwise) can lead to substandard medical care.