32 | Friday, August 7, 2026Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error Print | Front Page | Email this story You have entered an invalid email addressTo:* RequiredFrom:* RequiredMessage:You have entered an invalid email addressFrom (email): * RequiredMessage: * RequiredATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error. "She came into Kaiser Permanente looking for answers, and she left with a diagnosis that did not belong to her. Representatives for Kaiser Permanente wrote in a statement that, "Ms. Barksdale should not have experienced this." An Ohio woman filed a similar lawsuit saying a 2019 error on a biopsy led to a misdiagnosis of lung cancer and unneeded surgery. Researchers studying prostate cancer discovered three cases of biopsy sample misidentification over two years, according to a 2011 research paper.