medical-misdiagnosis

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Woman Loses 35% of Tongue to Cancer After Six-Month Delay in Diagnosis

Rachel Passarella, 42, was told for six months that a red spot on her tongue was a canker sore. She was diagnosed with tongue cancer only after a second dentist used a handheld oral screening device that earlier doctors and dentists had skipped. Oral cancer has one of the lowest…