Why Get a Second Opinion?
Make sure your treatment is based on the most accurate information available.
Consider this:
- In a recent study of patients referred to a multi-disciplinary breast center, 9% of patients had a change in surgical management due to second opinion pathology review.*
- In another large study, second opinion breast pathology review resulted in additional prognostic information for 40% of patients and a change in major surgical recommendations for 7.8% of patients.**
- Read an article and view a video where Melvin Silverstein, M.D., Medical Director, Harold E. and Henrietta C. Lee Breast Center, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital, answers: "When To Get a Second Opinion on Breast Cancer?"
The course of action your cancer care team recommends relies heavily on information pulled from your pathology report. As these studies show, pathology reports are not always accurate. To make sure the experts on your medical team are basing their decisions on the most accurate pathology information available, be sure to seek a second opinion from a board-certified pathologist who specializes in breast cancer.
Request a second opinion from SBPC now.