Misdiagnosis of cancer can result in significant injuries, and even death, both for a person whose cancer goes undetected altogether due to misdiagnosis, and a person for whom a delay in treatment for cancer has serious, and perhaps even fatal consequences. Not only can misdiagnosed patients be subjected to unnecessary and damaging treatment, but the misdiagnosis of cancer can result in a treatable cancer rapidly becoming an untreatable cancer. As a result, one basis for a personal injury lawsuit is misdiagnosis of cancer. If a doctor or other medical professional acts negligently in misdiagnosing cancer in a patient, the patient may have a claim for compensation due to the injuries resulting from the misdiagnosis. Likewise, if the misdiagnosed patient dies from the misdiagnosis, then the patient's beneficiaries may have a basis for a wrongful death lawsuit.