1. When do I need to make the 500€ bank transfer?
Following the sending of the clinical and administrative documentation (via email or courier), the IEO Second Opinion service staff will contact you to provide the bank details for the payment of the service.
2. What kind of clinical documentation must be sent?
It is essential that the documentation is accurate and complete, accompanied by a report prepared by the patient's referring physician, which describes in detail the chronology of the treatments and the patient's medical history. If the patient has performed surgery, discharge letters with histological outcome are indispensable. Regarding radiological examinations (eg tac, pet, rmn) pre-surgical only paper reports are indispensable. If the patient has undergone chemotherapeutic and / or radiotherapeutic treatments, the reports of the treatments issued by the doctors are indispensable, specifying the type of cycle, dosage, duration.
3. What types of consultation are available?
It is possible to request a surgical, oncological or radiotherapy consult. In the IEO Second Opinion Request form (Service Request Form) you should indicate which type of consultation you require
4. What is meant by "confirmation of the diagnosis"?
The confirmation of the diagnosis is a "histological assessment", that is the rereading of the slides of one or more histological samples at the Pathological Anatomy of our Institute. This is a paid service that is requested by the doctor who has been entrusted with the advice of IEO Second Opinion. The request for confirmation of the diagnosis is not to be confused with the request for confirmation of medical treatment, which provides for the evaluation of the clinical procedure based on the pathology and current clinical conditions of the patient.
5. Following the IEO Second Opinion, how can IEO care be accessed?
Following a IEO Second Opinion consultation with a treatment proposal, the patient can be included in the treatment path. The IEO Second Opinion staff will forward the patient's request to the IEO doctor who issued the consultation.
6. When is it possible to talk to IEO staff?
In case of need, IEO personnel will contact the patient by telephone at the number provided in the forms.