Do I need a second opinion?

Yes, it would be a particularly good idea if you are in one of the following situations:

• You do not understand your diagnosis well.
• It has been recommended that you have major surgery.
• You have problems with your doctor or doubts about his recommendations.
• Your condition has not improved with your present treatment, when it was expected that it would.
• You have been diagnosed with a very rare type of cancer.
• It would seem that you have no treatment possibilities.
• The proposed treatment is very aggressive.
• You have been offered different treatment alternatives.
• You have been given an unconfirmed diagnosis.
• You are interested in some kind of treatment that your doctor is not familiar with.

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