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@azrosegold I was on a Mayo NETs support group call recently. Dr. Thor Halfdanarson from Mayo was the guest speaker. He was asked what imaging technique is best to view NETs. He responded the one with the best technician. His comment really hit home with me. It also applies to the radiologist reading the images. Unfortunately, people aren't perfect. It is great that you brought this up to the pulmonologist and he took action. Having a great team catches individual human error. Why the love hate relationship with patient portals? I am curious?

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@tomrennie I’ve had these tumors show up on scans for the last 11 years and been misdiagnosed until a radiologist at Flagstaff Medical Center alerted my ER Dr of his suspicions. I know first hand that a good radiologist is key to a good diagnosis, and yes we’re only human so mistakes are inevitable. I love that Mayo is fantastic at quickly uploading your test results to the portal, unfortunately I had my erroneous results in my head for 2 weeks until I got clarification from my Dr. I had already gone back and compared it to my prior CT reports and was pretty worried that I had developed a 27mm tumor in 3 months! Occasionally you get information that you’re really not prepared to deal with, biopsy results, lab work etc and you need to grin and bear it until your next appointment.