Breast Cancer

Annual mammogram, doctor visits are enough for breast cancer follow-up

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 8th, 2005

Annual mammograms and doctor visits are the best follow-up strategy for women who have been treated for early stage breast cancer, according to a paper in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

The report suggests that more intensive lab tests like liver scans and molecular tumor markers do not improve the chances of detecting a recurrence of cancer or increase survival rates among former breast cancer patients.

The finding is at odds with the usual treatment for breast cancer patients, according to Roldano Fossati of the Mario Negri Institute in Italy and colleagues (Rojas et al. Follow-up strategies for women treated for early breast...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-02-08)

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