Characteristics associated with requests by pathologists for second opinions on breast biopsies

Berta M Geller; Heidi D Nelson; Donald L Weaver; Paul D Frederick; Kimberly H Allison; Tracy Onega; Patricia A Carney; Anna N A Tosteson; Joann G Elmore

doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2016-204231

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Characteristics associated with requests by pathologists for second opinions on breast biopsies

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Berta M Geller Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heidi D Nelson Departments of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University; and Providence Cancer Center, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Donald L Weaver Department of Pathology, University of Vermont and UVM Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul D Frederick Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kimberly H Allison Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tracy Onega Departments of Biomedical Data Science and Epidemiology, Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Patricia A Carney Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna N A Tosteson Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joann G Elmore Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Joann G Elmore, MD, MPH Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 325 Ninth Ave., Box 359780 Seattle, WA 98104, USA; jelmore{at}uw.edu

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Geller BM, Nelson HD, Weaver DL, et al

Characteristics associated with requests by pathologists for second opinions on breast biopsies

Journal of Clinical Pathology 2017;70:947-953.

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Received November 14, 2016
Revised March 22, 2017
Accepted March 29, 2017
First published May 2, 2017.

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August 11, 2020

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