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Addenbrooke's Hospital pays out for breast cancer miss | Addenbrooke's Hospital pays out for breast cancer miss |
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A woman who had a double mastectomy 18 months after being told she did not have breast cancer has been given a six-figure payout from a hospital. | |
Claire Radcliffe had a scan at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge when she was concerned about a lump in her breast but was given the all-clear. | Claire Radcliffe had a scan at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge when she was concerned about a lump in her breast but was given the all-clear. |
Eighteen months later, she was diagnosed with cancer and had both breasts removed, aged 24. | Eighteen months later, she was diagnosed with cancer and had both breasts removed, aged 24. |
The hospital apologised and said it was not the outcome "we would have wished". | The hospital apologised and said it was not the outcome "we would have wished". |
Ms Radcliffe, from Newmarket in Suffolk, said she wanted to raise awareness among other young women and warned them to "trust their instincts". | Ms Radcliffe, from Newmarket in Suffolk, said she wanted to raise awareness among other young women and warned them to "trust their instincts". |
'Living with worry' | 'Living with worry' |
After she first raised concerns, when she was just 22, her ultrasound scan was "interpreted incorrectly" and a benign fibroadenoma was diagnosed. She was reassured and discharged. | After she first raised concerns, when she was just 22, her ultrasound scan was "interpreted incorrectly" and a benign fibroadenoma was diagnosed. She was reassured and discharged. |
She returned to her GP 18 months later when she had new symptoms, including feeling "very fatigued" and an inverted nipple. | She returned to her GP 18 months later when she had new symptoms, including feeling "very fatigued" and an inverted nipple. |
The GP referred her back to the hospital where she was diagnosed with an invasive carcinoma. | The GP referred her back to the hospital where she was diagnosed with an invasive carcinoma. |
Ms Radcliffe, now 29, said: "It completely changed everything, I was off work for a year, I had to go through so much treatment, I felt incapable of doing as much as I used to. | Ms Radcliffe, now 29, said: "It completely changed everything, I was off work for a year, I had to go through so much treatment, I felt incapable of doing as much as I used to. |
"And for such a young woman to lose something so important to your identity physically is just really hard and it did impact me mentally." | "And for such a young woman to lose something so important to your identity physically is just really hard and it did impact me mentally." |
Ms Radcliffe said she was still "living with worry" as her risk of secondary occurrence was higher than if the cancer had been diagnosed earlier. | |
"I hope this doesn't happen again for another young woman," she said. | "I hope this doesn't happen again for another young woman," she said. |
Ms Radcliffe, who claimed damages through Tees Law, would not disclose the sum but said it was six figures. | Ms Radcliffe, who claimed damages through Tees Law, would not disclose the sum but said it was six figures. |
Addenbrooke's Hospital said: "As a dedicated cancer treatment hospital we acknowledge this case and are extremely sorry. It is not an outcome we would have wished. | Addenbrooke's Hospital said: "As a dedicated cancer treatment hospital we acknowledge this case and are extremely sorry. It is not an outcome we would have wished. |
"We would reassure patients that the understanding, diagnosis and subsequent management of breast cancer has increased exponentially in the last seven years." | "We would reassure patients that the understanding, diagnosis and subsequent management of breast cancer has increased exponentially in the last seven years." |
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