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By Jennifer Brice First Coast News
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- They are words no woman wants to hear: You have breast cancer. But those are the words a local woman heard before doctors removed parts of both her breasts.
Now, Becky Carawon is being told she never had cancer at all. She was first diagnosed in 1998, then again in 2000.
"The doctor was holding a pathology report in his hand and it indicated that I had cancer," Carawon said.
After months of radiation and chemotherapy, Becky lost part of each breast. Then, she says her insurance changed, so she changed clinics. It was at the Mayo Clinic where the diagnosis changed.
"The doctor said, 'We find that you do not have or never have had breast cancer'," she said.
Doctors' notes say: "It does not appear at this time that the patient's previous diagnosis was an error, and the patient in fact, never did have breast cancer in either breast."
Carawon says two more cancer specialists looked at the pathology reports and agreed.
"It's good news, but how do you accept it realizing what you've already gone through," she explained.
It's the reason she?s filed a lawsuit suing Orange Park Medical Center and the pathologists who originally diagnosed her.
"Second opinions on doctors are a standard occurrence, but not pathology reports," she said.
We did speak with representatives from Orange Park Medical Center, and the two pathologists involved in this case. Each said they did not have a comment.
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 Created: 5/26/2004 12:48:08 AM Updated: 5/26/2004 6:59:06 AM Suggest News Tips & Story Leads Submit Video & Pictures |
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