Hospital wins suit after man got uterine cancer

[Contrary1]

I didn't realize donor organs weren't checked for disease. :shrug:

"NEW YORK - A prominent organ-transplant hospital wasn't to blame for the death of a man who became riddled with cancer after getting a kidney from a donor who unknowingly had uterine cancer, jurors found Friday.

The Queens jury found for NYU Langone Medical Center on Friday in the medical malpractice case surrounding Vincent Liew's 2002 death, said the hospital's lawyer, Robert Elliott. Experts have said it may be the only case of uterine cancer being transmitted by transplant, though the hospital has suggested Liew died of another form of cancer derived from the transplant.

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One of her lawyers, Daniel Buttafuoco, told jurors Thursday that the hospital took "a huge risk with Vincent Liew's life."

The hospital said it advised Liew there was a risk, respected his choice and aggressively monitored the kidney for signs of cancer. Repeated tests found nothing, though his cancer became apparent after the organ was removed.

NYU acknowledged the malignancy derived from the transplant and caused his death, but a cancer expert who reviewed Liew's records on the hospital's behalf said he believed Liew suffered from a type of immune-system cancer that sometimes afflicts transplant patients. Another cancer specialist, who reviewed the records for Liew's widow, concluded Liew's disease was indeed uterine cancer..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37402723/ns/health-cancer/

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[Maru Kitteh]

1. Fucked up excuse for a bait n switch headline.

Man developed cancer that began in the uterus of a female organ donor. Not as sexy, but honesty seldom is. Unrec.

[Contrary1]

2. How do you conclude it's not honest?

When cancer spreads to the lungs, as in breast cancer for instance; it would be called breast cancer with metastasis to the lungs. In this case, it was uterine cancer that spread to the man's other organs.

The headline may have been a bit much. but it wasn't dishonest.