‘No misconduct’ over delayed cancer diagnosis

A surgeon has been cleared of professional misconduct in a case in which a woman died of breast cancer following a nine-month delay in her diagnosis.

Siobhan Kavanagh died in Sept 2012 after a four-year battle with the disease.

Yesterday a Medical Council fitness to practise committee found a breast surgeon who admitted to failing to send her for a mammogram was not guilty of professional misconduct.