Concerned about your diagnosis? Call a pathologist for a second opinion.

In recent months, widespread media coverage regarding second opinions for breast cancer diagnosis has sparked a dialogue about if — and when — a patient requires a second opinion. Seventy percent of all medical treatment plans are driven by laboratory test results, and every treatment begins with a diagnosis.

That’s where pathologists come in. As professor and chair of pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore, I think it …

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