{"id":9561,"date":"2021-11-25T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/for-patients\/second-opinion\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T17:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:38:44","slug":"second-opinion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/for-patients\/second-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Second opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The diagnosis of a malignant tumor can often lead to uncertainty. Sometimes it can be important to ask for an independent medical opinion (second opinion) when taking far-reaching decisions. Often this confirms a previously proposed course, but second opinions can also serve to point out possible alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9151\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-555x370.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-710x473.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TZ_Aarau-196-von-660-1030x687.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If a second opinion is desired, then copies of all existing documents and findings are needed for the correct assessment \u2013 these can be, for example, laboratory and pathology reports, X-ray or nuclear medical examinations, further diagnostic examinations (e.g. endoscopies) and all available reports. Ideally, please ask your primary care physician to refer you to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Requests for a second opinion can be made by telephone (+41 62 836 78 30) , by fax (+41 62 836 78 31) or email (sekretariat@tumor-zentrum.ch), we kindly request you to send at the same time all relevant information and documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diagnosis of a malignant tumor can often lead to uncertainty. Sometimes it can be important to ask for an independent medical opinion (second opinion) when taking far-reaching decisions. Often this confirms a previously proposed course, but second opinions can also serve to point out possible alternatives. If a second opinion is desired, then copies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":9551,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10117,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9561\/revisions\/10117"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumor-zentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}