Georgia woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up and cancer misdiagnosis, lawsuit says
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- nbcchicago.comseen 8 Aug, 16:33headline rewritten
Woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up, misdiagnosisGeorgia woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up and cancer misdiagnosis, lawsuit says - nbcconnecticut.comseen 8 Aug, 16:35headline rewritten
Woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up, misdiagnosisGeorgia woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up and cancer misdiagnosis, lawsuit says - nbclosangeles.comseen 8 Aug, 17:05headline rewritten
Woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up, misdiagnosisGeorgia woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up and cancer misdiagnosis, lawsuit says - wral.comseen 6 Sept, 06:41article removed
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Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error - dailygazette.comseen 13 Sept, 02:11article removed
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Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error
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- 5 Aug, 14:01Georgia woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up and cancer misdiagnosis, lawsuit says3 outlets
- 6 Aug, 21:49Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error8 outlets
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How it spread - 9 original reports, 8 reprints
Wed, 5 August 2026
1 report- nbcconnecticut.com14:01first to reportedited after publishing
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Woman had unnecessary hysterectomy after lab mix-up, misdiagnosis2 reprints
- nbclosangeles.com5 Aug, 14:01their copy
- nbcchicago.com5 Aug, 14:01their copy
Thu, 6 August 2026
6 reports- wrdw.com01:05
An Atlanta woman has filed a lawsuit after an alleged tissue sample mix-up led to an unnecessary hysterectomy.
- dailygazette.com21:49
- yahoo.com21:49
An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tues...
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- krcgtv.com6 Aug, 22:13their copy
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- thetimes-tribune.com6 Aug, 22:23their copy
- dailygazette.com22:30
- South China Morning Post22:52
A US woman from the Atlanta area is alleging that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labelling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her lawyers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of physical and emotional pain. According to the lawsuit, another patient’s tissue sample was mistakenly labelled as belonging to Barksdale, who at age 43 then underwent a full hysterectomy on May 15,...
- dailygazette.com23:30removed by the outlet
Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error
Fri, 7 August 2026
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- newser.com21:20
Cassandra Barksdale of Georgia says she was told, incorrectly, that she had cancer