A recent study found that there were pathology lab mix-ups in the analysis of prostate biopsy samples in approximately 1 out of 100 prostate biopsies. About 1% of the time, either one patient's biopsy was completely switched with another patient's biopsy; or one patient's biopsy was contaminated with another patient's biopsy material.
Rate of occult specimen provenance complica... [Am J Clin Pathol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI
COMMENT: this is yet another consideration when deciding whether or not PSA testing is an appropriate screening tool for prostate cancer.
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Family Care Network in Whatcom County identified as a leading primary-care provider in the country | Dean Kahn | The Bellingham Herald
Due the the work over many years of many doctors, including Marcy Hipskind, MD; Dave Lynch, MD; and Berdi Safford, MD the Family Care Network based in Bellingham, Washington has been recognized as one of the top primary care provider groups in the U.S. I joined FCN in 2005.
"Family Care Network has a long history of being innovative," said Larry Mauksch, who teaches in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington and advises the network on ways to get better. "They're way ahead of the curve."
Family Care Network in Whatcom County identified as a leading primary-care provider in the country | Dean Kahn | The Bellingham Herald
"Family Care Network has a long history of being innovative," said Larry Mauksch, who teaches in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington and advises the network on ways to get better. "They're way ahead of the curve."
Family Care Network in Whatcom County identified as a leading primary-care provider in the country | Dean Kahn | The Bellingham Herald
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