What Are The 15 Most Misdiagnosed Types Of Cancer?

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Along with other deadly types of cancers, Ovarian cancer records the lowest survival rates. If there are any tumors in the ovaries, you probably will experience pelvic pressure, bloating and bleeding.

You might even feel pain in your usual bathroom habits. The problem is that these symptoms might overlap with others related to endometriosis and urinary tract infection. The most prominent way to unearth the infection is a blood test which will decide if you have ovarian cancer or not.

Despite this test that you can have any time you want, doctors take their time in order to draw the correct conclusions regarding whether you have it or not. This cancer is clearly common among women just like breast cancer.

#9 – Colorectal cancer

This is a type of cancer to likely affect people above the age of 50. Before reaching this age, doctors advise their patients to get a screening for colorectal cancer.

If you were lucky enough, and you noticed the symptoms at an early stage, you will have a high survival rate. Unfortunately, many people ignore this fact and are not aware of surfacing signs. Dual diagnosis treatment plays an integral role at this stage.

But, sadly most of the cases, for patients keep postponing diagnosis, end tragically. According to CDC, the symptoms range from stomach pains and bloody bowel movements.

The confusing symptoms can also surface when diagnosing IBD and ulcerative colitis according to what Paul & Perkins reported. Younger patients might be misdiagnosed because of this confusion.

#10 – Kidney cancer

At a certain point in the near future, technology will reach a high and advanced level. This is when you will be able to have an online doctor diagnosis thanks to special medical robots, but until then, you have to deal with the traditional diagnosis done by human doctors.

Kidney cancer is one of the cancers which is usually misdiagnosed. The CDC reports that consuming specific types of meds for long period of times contribute to increasing the chances of having kidney cancer. The well-known symptoms are lower back pain, bloody urine and lumps around the kidney area.