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Breast SOS -Breast Diagnosis Second Opinion Service

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BREAST SOS a second opinion service, to verify, modify if needed, and help you better understand your diagnosis.

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A second opinion is a request to another health care professional by you, your breast care team or your health care plan to review medical records and lab test results.

  • The second opinion occurs after the initial pathology report is complete, but
  • Before having surgery, or
  • When planning treatments after surgery
  • It is performed remotely and doesn’t require a doctor’s visit
  • The second opinion may confirm your doctor’s diagnosis, revise the diagnosis, provide more details about the type and stage of breast disease, raise additional options and recommendations

Your physician is familiar with patient requests for a second opinion and this short delay before commencing treatment will have no significant impact on your treatment.

  • Your pathologist is not a breast specialist
  • Your doctor tells you there is uncertainty about the type or extent of the breast cancer you have
  • You want your options explained by someone else
  • You have an uncommon diagnosis
  • You have questions about your diagnosis
  • Your health insurance plan requires a second opinion before having a particular treatment
  • Your doctor recommends that you seek a second opinion
  • You feel that all options have not been explored
  • When the initial pathology report is complete
  • Before having surgery
  • When planning treatments after surgery
Breast pathology has become increasingly nuanced and requires a level of expertise from trained and experienced specialists. Currently, only 10-20% of patients have access to specialists trained in breast pathology. Even trained breast pathologists may conflict in their diagnosis of the same case.

Inaccurate diagnosis leads to unnecessary clinical interventions which may have their own side-effects, increased anxiety for the patient and her family and increased costs. Patient Advocacy Groups, academic institutions, and expert physicians alike, advise of the necessity of second opinions to confirm diagnosis and provide as much information as possible for the patient.