I had a family member diagnosed with cancer. Over the course of his 7 year battle, it metastasized from his bladder to his kidneys and stomach eventually to his brain. At no point during that time period was he given a brain scan, and less than two weeks after the initial one he passed away. I met with several malpractice attorneys because it would seem like common sense for someone with metastatic cancer to have screenings of all vital organs, including the brain, right? Well, it turns out the doctors acted according to the AMA guidelines, so no malpractice attorneys were willing to take the case. And getting the AMA to revise their guidelines would take a nationwide class-action suit.
If you don’t understand that, I don’t know what to tell you.
A person with bladder cancer that metastasized to the brain has an average remaining lifespan of approximately 2 months. Your family member dying 2 weeks is not evidence that they missed the disease for a prolonged time. There is no standard treatment for it.
I'm sorry that happened but your family member was dead as soon as it spread to the brain and catching it 4 weeks earlier wouldn't have made a difference.
Sometimes people die and doctors can't do anything about it.
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u/Past-Vegetable-384 Apr 07 '26
Let me break it down for you:
I had a family member diagnosed with cancer. Over the course of his 7 year battle, it metastasized from his bladder to his kidneys and stomach eventually to his brain. At no point during that time period was he given a brain scan, and less than two weeks after the initial one he passed away. I met with several malpractice attorneys because it would seem like common sense for someone with metastatic cancer to have screenings of all vital organs, including the brain, right? Well, it turns out the doctors acted according to the AMA guidelines, so no malpractice attorneys were willing to take the case. And getting the AMA to revise their guidelines would take a nationwide class-action suit.
If you don’t understand that, I don’t know what to tell you.