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Hello RP:
Please check out the web site for Johns Hopkins. My husband’s slides were sent there for 2nd opinion ($250) on pathology. The 2nd opinion confirmed the 1st opinion and added some detail.
There is also a system for 2nd opinion on treatments, based on medical reports and files ($550 was quoted at one point, but you would have to check). The specialists in charge of urology and pathology (Dr. Schoenberg, and Dr. Epstein) are apparently extremely eminent.
As a result of the 2nd opinion, RC and BCG were taken off the list for him and he was referred to a medical oncologist and is now on chemo. This is probably the right choice for him and may not be relevant for you.
But I think more people should know it is relatively inexpensive, and very fast, to get a second opinion and there is no need to go in person to the USA.
Wishing you all the best,
Claire McMordie