I really started to think about whether something had been overlooked. The jury agreed with the testimony of expert witnesses who claimed that her radiologist should have discovered Fubini's cancer on mammograms done in 1989 and 1992. They're Not Perfect Fubini's case illustrates a growing awareness that mammograms aren't perfect. Indeed, according to the Food and Drug administration, studies show they reveal about 80 of every 100 cancers. At the same time, more and more patients are filing lawsuits when lesions are found after earlier mammograms failed to detect them.
Radiologists are well aware of such cases.
Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, in the November 1999 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Anybody can sue. The question is will they win. Most will lose. He cautions that women, and their lawyers, must prove that an error by a radiologist caused a delay in their diagnosis and that the delay harmed their health.