http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451741

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013 Mar;137(3):310-1. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0512-ED.

Second opinions: pathologists' preventive medicine.

Allen TC.

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From the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.

"Extradepartmental second opinions are a logical extension of intradepartmental pathology reviews. A second opinion of outside cases prior to treatment remains the best method of ensuring the highest diagnostic accuracy for cancer patients and patients with other serious conditions who go to an institution for definitive treatment. Pathologists should continue to strongly advocate for their use, especially as we move forward as a subspecialty in attempting to better assess, and improve, our own diagnostic accuracy."