The Breast Cancer Consultation Service is designed to provide self-referred women with newly diagnosed breast carcinoma or atypia with a formal written review of their pathology slides, mammograms and other imaging studies. No physician referral or permission is needed to access the service. You are provided a second opinion regarding your pathologic diagnosis with an evaluation of your treatment options and their likely benefit. A formal report is prepared for you and your designated physicians, and a 45-minute discussion of the findings is offered, either in person or via telephone conference call, for you, your support people and designated physicians if you desire.  The goal of the service is a thorough review of the original diagnostic materials, not just existing written documents, and to provide the patient with unbiased information with which she can make an educated choice of therapy.

Dr. Michael D. Lagios, a nationally recognized breast pathologist and medical director of The Breast Cancer Consultation Service, provides the service and personally discusses the findings with you. He has directed this and similar services in San Francisco since 1980. He is an internationally recognized expert on duct carcinoma in situ and has written or co-authored much of the pertinent literature in this area over the last twenty years. He has been recognized by "Best Doctors in America" (1992-1993, 1994-1995), "Best Doctors, Pacific Region" (1995-1996), Best Doctors in America 1996 - present (www.bestdoctors.com), is an editor for Seminars in Breast Disease, and the Breast Journal, co-editor for Breast Diseases, a Yearbook Quarterly and reviews for Cancer, Breast Cancer Research Treatment, American Journal of Surgical Oncology, Human Pathology and others. He was president of the American Society for Breast Disease from 1998 to 1999 and was on their board of directors from 2000 to 2004. He is an associate clinical professor of pathology at Stanford Medical School.

Dr. Lagios is a San Francisco native and graduated from UCSF in 1965 and has been in private practice in that city since 1972.