Table 2.
Percent of pathologist who report they would seek a second opinion by diagnosis category and second opinion policy. (n = 252 Pathologists)
| Percent of actual cases with second opinion by diagnostic category | Policy in Place | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No† | |||||
| n | col % | row % | n | col % | row % | |
| Negative (benign) | ||||||
| 0% | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 60 | 35.3 | 98.4 |
| >0-50% | 6 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 104 | 61.2 | 94.5 |
| >50-<100% | 2 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 50.0 |
| 100% | 73 | 89.0 | 94.8 | 4 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
| Total (n) | 82 | 100.0 | 32.5 | 170 | 100.0 | 67.5 |
| ADH | ||||||
| 0% | 1 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 26 | 16.1 | 96.3 |
| >0-50% | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53 | 32.9 | 100.0 |
| >50-<100% | 2 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 37 | 23.0 | 94.9 |
| 100% | 88 | 96.7 | 66.2 | 45 | 28.0 | 33.8 |
| Total (n) | 91 | 100.0 | 36.1 | 161 | 100.0 | 63.9 |
| DCIS | ||||||
| 0% | 1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 22 | 20.0 | 95.7 |
| >0-50% | 2 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 58 | 52.7 | 96.7 |
| >50-<100% | 5 | 3.5 | 21.7 | 18 | 16.4 | 78.3 |
| 100% | 134 | 94.4 | 91.8 | 12 | 10.9 | 8.2 |
| Total (n) | 142 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 110 | 100.0 | 43.7 |
| Invasive† | ||||||
| 0% | 1 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 19 | 21.6 | 95.0 |
| >0-50% | 4 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 52 | 59.1 | 92.9 |
| >50-<100% | 9 | 5.5 | 47.4 | 10 | 11.4 | 52.6 |
| 100% | 150 | 91.5 | 95.5 | 7 | 8.0 | 4.5 |
| Total (n) | 164 | 100.0 | 65.1 | 88 | 100.0 | 34.9 |
| At least one above§ | ||||||
| 0% | 1 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 16 | 18.8 | 94.1 |
| >0-50% | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 40.0 | 100.0 |
| >50-<100% | 9 | 5.4 | 32.1 | 19 | 22.4 | 67.9 |
| 100% | 157 | 94.0 | 90.8 | 16 | 18.8 | 9.2 |
| Total (n) | 167 | 100.0 | 66.3 | 85 | 100.0 | 33.7 |
Note: Row percentages might not add up to 100 due to rounding.
* Pathologists reported the % of their breast caseload by primary diagnosis for which they usually obtain a second opinion.
†
Policy was dichotomized to NO (which include the Unknowns and 0%) and YES (% reported >0)
§
One or more second option policies; actual practice is maximum % of cases in any 4 diagnostic groups