The Steep Price of Medical Misdiagnosis

The Scope · Oct 5, 2015 · 6m

Michael Cohen was told that a pain in his chest was indigestion, and it wasn’t until two years later that he learned it was actually caused by a lung tumor. By that time the mass had grown considerably, and is now undergoing tough medical treatments that may have been avoided if the cancer were caught early. Everyone will be subject to a medical misdiagnosis at least once in their lives, sometimes with serious consequences, according to a new report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Dr. Cohen is not only a victim of a diagnostic error, but was on the…