Missed cancers
Howdy! PA in family med here, newish to Reddit. Seeing a lot of cancers come out of the woodwork from missed screening during COVID, and likely some hesitation on the patients part for screening in the first place.
Most recent example- 80 yo f, declines mammo/clinical exam (not unreasonable due to age) presents a few years later w/ L supraclavicular mass. Turns out to be metastatic breast cancer w mets to liver. Currently failing first line tx through oncology.
Got me thinking…. For those in onc, fam med, or all perspectives- what are some of the more common cancers you see go missed that could/should have been caught sooner? Not necessarily ones we screen regularly for (this particular case just got me thinking).
I work closely with a wonderful group of physicians and we have discussed, just want to tap into the Reddit world for thoughts.