The second reading of hematologic biopsies

: Occurrence of differences between the first and the second reading was compared in three time periods. The first from the years 1975-1989 showed disagreement in 34%, the second from 1990-1991 in 86%, the latest from 1994-1995 in 45%. The failures of the same sort repeated in 19 from 42 cases. They could be avoided by confining capacities of one's own department and using advantage of consulting reading by other pathologist. The second reading asked by an oncologist represents an independent urgent part of individual patient's treatment and should be generally supported and freed from any hindrance.