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Mandatory second opinion surgical pathology at a large referral hospital
Kronz JD, Westra WH, Epstein JI. Mandatory second opinion surgical pathology at a large referral hospital. Cancer. 1999;86:2426-2435.

At John's Hopkins Medical Center a mandatory second opinion program was put in place and it was found that a significant portion of initial diagnoses reviewed within the study had discrepancies with the conclusions drawn.

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