Sunday, October 07, 2007

Double-mastectomy patient learns she never had breast cancer

A New York City mother is glad to find out she didn't have breast cancer.

But it's a little late. She underwent a double-mastectomy before the lab caught its error and amended its report.

Darrie Eason's initial cancer diagnosis was a mistake. A lab technician who handled her biopsy at CBLPath in Rye Brook, NY mixed up two specimens. Not only was Eason told she had breast cancer; another woman who did have cancer was told she was fine.

Eason is suing CBLPath, according to NBC News.

CBLPath CEO William Curtis said neither the doctor who signed off on Eason's diagnosis nor the lab technician who mixed up the biopsies now work for the company.

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