This has led to the need to rethink follow-up care after cancer treatment. In this chapter, we will review the available evidence for alternative follow-up models (e.g., general practitioner or nurse-led follow-up) and highlight recent developments in survivorship care, such as the shift ...
Breast cancer will affect one in 12 Australian women in their lifetime. After potentially curative treatment, it is usual for patients to be followed up for many years. However, controversies surround follow up, and its value is uncertain. This study reviews the evidence and describes the role...
All patients with breast cancer should have regular follow-up surveillance. .The frequency of visits should be adjusted according to individual patient's needs. .All visits should include a medical history. For women who are taking tamoxifen, it is important to ask about vaginal bleeding. Physical...
Moreover, 20% of patients with stage I disease recurred after 20 years from diagnosis, supporting the idea that lifelong follow-up throughout a patient’s life is needed even in early-stage GCT and that for more than three decades, GCT should be considered malignant. In the absence of str...
(reporting excellent health) has refused testing. None have had bone marrow examinations. Four survivors have controlled type 2 diabetes; one is in remission at two years after mastectomy for breast cancer, but she has recently been given a diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis. One has minor ...
ovarian cancer follow-up CA125 introduction Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the fourth cause of cancer-related death in women [1]. Despite optimal upfront treatment, 75% of all EOC patients will develop recurrence of the disease, often within the first 2 years after diagnosis, but with di...
With prostate cancer being diagnosed and treated in more than 300,000 men each year, the pool of long-term survivors is dramatically increasing. Because these patients are usually elderly, they are often receiving follow-up care for unrelated problems in a primary care setting. This offers the ...
Further studies are needed to establish what is the most effective follow-up protocol after different types of gastrointestinal cancer surgery. 展开 关键词: Cancer Follow-up Gastrointestinal surgery Questionnaire DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.03.008 被引量: 6 ...
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Doctoral research by Annemieke Witteveen at the University of Twente has shown that the number of follow-up visits for women after breast cancer treatment in the Netherlands could be reduced by about 9,000 visits per year. The follow-up could be offered based on the to the risk of recurrenc...