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The family of a man who died after doctors failed to diagnose his bone cancer has received compensation from East Somerset NHS Trust.

The man, in his fifties was from Somerset and died last year.
He lost his battle against an aggressive bone cancer.

But medical evidence shows he would have had a 70% chance of surviving the cancer had it been diagnosed and treated earlier.

He had tests at Yeovil District Hospital several years earlier.

Doctors missed a number of opportunities to diagnose and treat the disease. They should have diagnosed the cancer at a much earlier stage. If he had been diagnosed and treated this would have significantly increased his chances of survival.

Doctors misdiagnosed him with fibrous dysplasia - a benign condition characterised by areas of abnormal growth.

His decision to take a trip abroad followed advice from a consultant at the hospital that it was safe for him to travel.

But he fractured his thigh bone while trekking in Tibet.

He was diagnosed with a rare cancer called chondrosarcoma at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham after he returned to the UK.

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