Our Service 

Free pathology consult to help educating patients about their disease as well as fee-based cancer second opinion consultation (second look) review of the pathology slides or the pathology reports to confirm all types of pathology diagnosis including cancer diagnosis "cancer second opinion".

Types of pathology material we examine:

Some of the most popular pathology material that we perform second opinion on includes all forms of tissue sampling such as

Biopsies:

Excisional biopsy, needle core biopsy, shave biopsy and bone marrow biopsy.

Excisions & Resections:

Local excision, organ resections (breast mastectomy, breast lumpectomy, total colectomy, partial colectomy, lung lobectomy, total pneumonectomy, thyroid lobectomy, complete thyroidectomy, hysterectomy, LEEP excision, cone resection.

Cytology Specimens:

FNA (fine needle aspiration), cytopathology preparations, cervical PAP smears, peripheral blood smears.

All printed lab test reports:

Clinical pathology including: chemistry reports, protein analysis, lipid profile, tumor markers, blood bank charts and reports, coagulation study report, platelet aggregation study, mixing studies and endocrine hormone profile reports.

Forensic pathology:

Complete autopsy reports as well as partial autopsy reports

Types of pathology diagnosis we commonly examine:

Some of the most commonly encountered cancer pathology diagnosis categories as well as some of the most common diseases where a second opinion has an impact on the treatment management includes:

Carcinoma:

All types of carcinomas such as adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma.

Breast Cancer:

Such as ductal and lobular carcinoma of the breast, DCIS "ductal carcinoma in-situ" of the breast, malignant phyllodes tumor and sarcoma.

Prostate Cancer:

Prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Colon Cancer:

Colonic adenocarcinoma, neurendocrine carcinoma, malignant GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumor), sarcoma.

Lung Cancer:

Adenocarcinoma, squamous cell, small cell and bronchoalveolar carcinoma of the lung, metastatic tumors, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma and sarcoma.

Skin Cancer:

Squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma of the skin, malignant melanoma, mycosis fungoides (T-cell lymphoma of the skin) and Merkel cell (neuroendocrine) carcinoma of the skin.

Ovarian Tumors:

Serous, mucinous and endometroid adenocarcinoma, papillary serous carcinoma.

Cervical Cancer:

Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, endocervical adenocarcinoma, CIS.

Endometrial and Uterine Tumors:

Endometroid adenocarcinoma, malignant mixed mullerian tumor (carcinosarcoma), sarcoma.

Esophageal Cancer:

Esophageal adenocarcinoma, squamous carcinoma of the esophagus.

Kidney Tumors:

Renal cell, clear cell and chromophobe cell carcinoma of the kidney.

Lymphoma:

Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's disease including B-cell lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), follicular cell lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma.

Liver Tumors:

Hepatocellular carcinoma, angiosarcoma, cholangiocarcinoma, metastatic tumors to the liver.

Thyroid Cancer:

Papillary, follicular, medullary and anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid.

Bladder Cancer:

Transitional cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder.

Bone Tumors:

Osteosarcoma, Ewing's tumor, metastatic carcinoma, chondrosarcoma.

Sarcomas:

Fibrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, sarcoma not otherwise specified...etc.

Stomach Cancer:

Gastric adenocarcinoma, signet cell carcinoma of the stomach, malignant GIST tumor...etc.

Testicular Tumors:

Seminoma, choriocarcinoma, yolk sac tumor, embryonal carcinoma...etc.

Adrenal Tumors:

Adrenocortical carcinoma, metastatic tumors to the adrenal glands, pheochromocytoma.

Brain Tumors:

GBM glioblastoma multiforme, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma.

Head and Neck Cancer:

Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, laryngeal carcinoma...etc.

Leukemia:

Acute lymphoid leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphoid leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia...etc.

Other types of material and diagnosis we examine:

We also offer second opinion consultation on all Benign pathological diseases in order to rule out a missed malignancy as well as all Clinical Pathology reports such as chemistry reports, hematology reports, lipid profiles, protein analysis, blood bank reports and other Clinical Pathology reports to confirm correct interpretation of the results.

Dedication to your Case

At ConfirmPath, patient care is our main focus. We are fully dedicated to your case, and to review and issue a report with the correct diagnosis. A correct diagnosis will help you and your treating physician to get the best treatment possible that is indicated for your correct diagnosis.

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